An die Hoffnung
{{short description|Lied for alto or mezzo-soprano and orchestra by Max Reger}}
{{Infobox musical composition
| name = "{{langr|de|An die Hoffnung}}"
| type = Lied
| composer = Max Reger
| image = Anna Erler-Schnaudt (cropped).png
| caption = Anna Erler-Schnaudt, the first singer of the orchestral song
| opus = 124
| text =
| language = German
| translation =
| occasion =
| dedication = Anna Erler-Schnaudt
| duration =
| composed = {{Start date|1912}}
| performed =
| published = {{Timeline-event|date=1893|location=London}}
| scoring = {{hlist | alto (or mezzo-soprano) | orchestra (or piano) }}
}}
"{{langr|de|An die Hoffnung}}" (To Hope), Op. 124, is a Lied for alto or mezzo-soprano and orchestra by Max Reger, setting a poem by Friedrich Hölderlin. He composed it in Meiningen in 1912 and dedicated it to Anna Erler-Schnaudt, the singer of the first performance. It was published by Edition Peters the same year.{{sfn|Institute|2017}}
History
Reger composed the orchestral song in Meiningen in 1912.{{sfn|Institute|2017}}{{sfn|Biography|2012}} He had an affinity to the alto voice, collaborating with the singer Anna Erler-Schnaudt whom he met probably in 1906.{{sfn|IMRG|2017}} Reger dedicated the work to her, and she was the soloist in the first performance in Eisenach on 12 October 1912. The composer conducted the Meininger Hofkapelle. The song was published by Edition Peters the same year, the vocal score in September, the parts in November.{{sfn|Institute|2017}}
Reger requested the singer to perform in his memorial service in case of his death. She remained dedicated to him after his death, giving the autograph of the piano version of "{{langr|de|An die Hoffnung}}" and several other memorabilia to the Max-Reger-Institute.{{sfn|IMRG|2017}}
Text and music
The poem was published in two versions, the first titled "{{langr|de|Bitte}}" (Request), the second "{{langr|de|An die Hoffnung}}". Reger combined the text of the first, making minor changes to the wording, with the title of the second.{{sfn|Preface|2017}}
Reger scored work for a low female voice (alto or mezzo-soprano), and an orchestra of two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three timpani and strings.{{sfn|Institute|2017}} The music is influenced by Wagner's Tristan und Isolde.{{sfn|Lempfrid|2017}} Reger made a piano version.{{sfn|Institute|2017}}
Recordings
Carl Schuricht conducted in 1955 the first recording, with Christa Ludwig and the NDR Symphony Orchestra, complementing Bruckner's Symphonies No. 7 and 8.{{sfn|Schuricht|1955}} Hermann Scherchen recorded it along with other works by Reger in 1960 with the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie and Margarethe Bence as the soloist.{{sfn|Scherchen|1960}} Leon Botstein conducted in 2001 a recording with Catherine Wyn-Rogers and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, complementing Reger works such as Vier Tondichtungen nach A. Böcklin.{{sfn|Lace|2001}}
References
{{reflist|13em}}
= Cited sources =
- {{cite web
| last = Lace
| first = Ian
| url = http://www.musicweb-international.com/film/2002/Oct02/Max_Reger.html
| title = Max Reger (1873–1916) / Four Tone Poems after Arnold Böcklin
| publisher = musicweb-international.com
| date = 2001
| access-date = 17 April 2017
}}
- {{cite web
| last = Lempfrid
| first = Wolfgang
| url = http://www.koelnklavier.de/texte/komponisten/reger.html
| title = Orchesterlieder – Einführung
| publisher = koelnklavier.de
| date = 2017
| language = de
| access-date = 24 March 2017
}}
- {{cite web
| title = Max Reger Curriculum vitae
| url = http://www.max-reger-institut.de/en/max-reger/curriculum-vitae
| publisher = Max-Reger-Institute
| access-date = 2 October 2012
| ref = {{sfnref|Biography|2012}}
}}
- {{cite web
| url = http://www.imrg.de/images/Mitteilungen/mitteilungen7.pdf
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160707221529/http://imrg.de/images/Mitteilungen/mitteilungen7.pdf
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = July 7, 2016
| title = Reger und die Altstimme
| work = Mitteilungen No. 7
| publisher = Internationale Max Reger Gesellschaft
| date = 2003
| language = de
| access-date = 24 March 2017
| ref = {{sfnref|IMRG|2017}}
}}
- {{cite web
| url = http://www.max-reger-institut.de/en/max-reger/max-regers-works?rwdb_id=149
| title = An die Hoffnung Op. 124 / für Alt, 2 Fl, 2 Ob, 2 Kl, 2 Fg, 4 Hr, 2 Trp, 3 Pk, Streicher
| publisher = Max-Reger-Institute
| date = 2017
| language = de
| access-date = 24 March 2017
| ref = {{sfnref|Institute|2017}}
}}
- {{cite web
| url = https://repertoire-explorer.musikmph.de/wp-content/uploads/vorworte_prefaces/144.pdf
| title = Preface
| publisher = repertoire-explorer.musikmph.de
| language = de
| access-date = 24 March 2017
| ref = {{sfnref|Preface|2017}}
}}
- {{cite web
| url = http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=13879
| title = Scherchen Conducts Reger / Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie
| access-date = 17 April 2010
| publisher = arkivmusic.com
| ref = {{sfnref|Scherchen|1960}}
}}
- {{cite web
| url = https://www.musicandarts.com/classical/historical-classical/carl-schuricht-conducts-bruckner-and-reger-in-hamburg.html
| title = Carl Schuricht conducts Bruckner and Reger in Hamburg
| publisher = musicandarts.com
| date = 1955
| language = de
| access-date = 17 April 2017
| ref = {{sfnref|Schuricht|1955}}
| archive-date = 18 April 2017
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170418000026/https://www.musicandarts.com/classical/historical-classical/carl-schuricht-conducts-bruckner-and-reger-in-hamburg.html
| url-status = dead
}}
Further reading
- {{cite book|last1=Mercier|first1=Richard|last2=Nold|first2=Donald|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KTCrAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA6|title=The Songs of Max Reger: A Guide and Study|publisher=Scarecrow Press|year=2008|isbn = 9781461707233|ref=none}}
- {{cite book|last=Parsons|first=James|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Vef4v8G6XQsC&pg=PR287|title=The Cambridge Companion to the Lied|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2004|isbn=9780521804714|ref=none}}
External links
- {{IMSLP|work=An die Hoffnung, Op.124 (Reger, Max)|cname=An die Hoffnung, Op. 124 (Reger}}
- {{AllMusic|class=composition|id=mc0002355240|title=An die Hoffnung ('O Hoffnung! Holde, gütiggeschäftige!'), song for mezzo-soprano or alto & orchestra or piano, Op. 124 |author=James Reel}}
- {{cite book|chapter-url=https://www.deutschestextarchiv.de/book/view/hoelderlin_gedichte_1826?p=57|last=Hölderlin|first=Friedrich|title=Gedichte|language=de|chapter=An die Hoffnung|page=49|location=Stuttgart|publisher=Cotta|year=1826|via=deutschestextarchiv.de|ref=none}}
- [https://www.gustav-mahler.eu/index.php/personen-2/1807-schnaudt Contemporaries / Anna Erler-Schnaudt / (1878–1963)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325112612/https://www.gustav-mahler.eu/index.php/personen-2/1807-schnaudt |date=2017-03-25 }} gustav-mahler.eu
- {{YouTube|Dcv5XrVwnLA|Animated score}}, Lioba Braun, Bamberg Symphony, Horst Stein conducting
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Category:Lieder composed by Max Reger
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