Am Meer WoO VII/18

for voice and piano

Creation
Status
Dedication
Dem Dichter hochachtungsvollst gewidmet

Performance medium
Voice; Piano

Work collection
  • -
Original work
  • -
Versions
  • -

1.

Reger-Werkausgabe Bd. II/1: Lieder I, S. 108–112.
Herausgeber Alexander Becker, Christopher Grafschmidt, Stefan König, Stefanie Steiner-Grage.
Verlag Carus-Verlag, Stuttgart; Verlagsnummer: CV 52.808.
Erscheinungsdatum Juni 2017.
Notensatz Carus-Verlag, Stuttgart.
Copyright 2017 by Carus-Verlag, Stuttgart and Max-Reger-Institut, Karlsruhe – CV 52.808.
Vervielfältigungen jeglicher Art sind gesetzlich verboten. / Any unauthorized reproduction is prohibited by law.
Alle Rechte vorbehalten. / All rights reserved.
ISMN M-007-17140-7.
ISBN 978-3-89948-268-3.


Category
Text template
First edition
unknown

Template edition

Used for comparison purposes in RWA: Johann Christian Glücklich: Am Meer, in: id.: Lose Blätter. Gedichte, erweiterte 3. Auflage, Arthur Venn (Chr. Limbarth Nachf.), Wiesbaden 1909, p. 147–148.

Copy shown in RWA: DE, Karlsruhe, Max-Reger-Institut/Elsa-Reger-Stiftung.


Annotations

1. Composition and Publication

Almost nothing is known about the composition of the song Am Meer. In the course of its posthumous publication by Johann Christian Glücklich, he informed the publisher Breitkopf & Härtel that Reger had set his poem in 1894 and had given him the manuscript.1 It is not known whether there was any intention of publishing the piece at that time. At any rate, in 1909 Glücklich considered publication (ultimately not realised), which Reger agreed to on the condition that “addendum: comp. 1894” (Reger’s postcard dated 17 June 1909) was added. The frontispiece of the (future) first edition was probably designed in this context, bearing the date of the poet’s 70th birthday (30 July 1909). In the third edition of Glücklich’s volume of poetry Lose Blätter, published in 1909, which contains this poem, Reger’s setting is mentioned. In fact, it was only published after Reger’s death. On 3 June 1916 Glücklich offered the song, complete with frontispiece, to Breitkopf & Härtel for publication. On 14 August the publisher sent the proofs to Glücklich, at the same time returning the manuscript and frontispiece design. 100 complimentary copies followed on 25 August 1916.2

2.

Translation by Elizabeth Robinson.


1
Sächsisches Staatsarchiv, Leipzig, collection of the publisher Breitkopf & Härtel.
2
Letter, ibid.

1. Reception

At present, there are no records of performances in Reger's time.

1. Stemma

Die in Klammern gesetzten Quellen sind verschollen.
Die in Klammern gesetzten Quellen sind verschollen.

2. Quellenbewertung

Der Edition liegt als Leitquelle die posthume Erstausgabe zugrunde.

3. Sources

  • Autograph
  • posthume Erstausgabe
Object reference

Max Reger: Am Meer WoO VII/18, in: Reger-Werkausgabe, www.reger-werkausgabe.de/mri_work_00245.html, last check: 14th November 2024.

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