MAX REGER'S TELEMANN VARIATIONS, OP.134

Max Reger's music is not widely known and performed.His music is often thought of as dense, highlychromatic, and hard to digest. The TelemannVariations offer a different view of this highlyprolific composer, who was regarded as the mostimportant composer next to Richard Strauss in earlytwentieth-century Germany. The theme, a minuet inbinary form, is taken from Telemann's Tafelmusik inB-flat Major. The variations exhibit a transparenttexture, regular phrases, and formal balance. Thereis a fair amount of literature about the life andmusic of Reger. However, the Telemann Variationsthemselves have not been the subject of manyscholarly writings. This document examines Reger'sperformance style at the piano based on newspaperreviews, witness reports, and letters describing hispianism. It also provides a general introduction tothe Telemann Variations, a musical analysis of eachvariation, and a new edition. The appendicesinclude a list of Reger's personal piano performancerepertoire, piano compositions, and piano rollrecordings.

Autorentext

Christian P. Bohnenstengel, DMA: Studied Piano Performance at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Department of Music, Southern Utah University.

Klappentext
Max Reger's music is not widely known and performed. His music is often thought of as dense, highly chromatic, and hard to digest. The Telemann Variations offer a different view of this highly prolific composer, who was regarded as the most important composer next to Richard Strauss in early twentieth-century Germany. The theme, a minuet in binary form, is taken from Telemann's Tafelmusik in B-flat Major. The variations exhibit a transparent texture, regular phrases, and formal balance. There is a fair amount of literature about the life and music of Reger. However, the Telemann Variations themselves have not been the subject of many scholarly writings. This document examines Reger's performance style at the piano based on newspaper reviews, witness reports, and letters describing his pianism. It also provides a general introduction to the Telemann Variations, a musical analysis of each variation, and a new edition. The appendices include a list of Reger's personal piano performance repertoire, piano compositions, and piano roll recordings.