Chorus a cappella (choir: SSATB) SKU: BR.CHB-5388
Lasset uns den Herren preisen. Composed by Max Reger. Choir; stapled. Chor-Bibliothek (Choral Library). Motet; Romantic; Late-romantic. Sheet Music. Duration 3'. Breitkopf and Haertel #CHB 5388. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.CHB-5388). ISBN 9790004413890. 9 x 12 inches. German.
Max Regers Easter Motet was probably composed in October 1911 as a commission for the Chorbuch fur die Kirchenchore Sachsens [Choirbook for the Church Choirs of Saxony], which was published by Breitkopf & Hartel in 1912. Hence, the piece was composed around the time Reger took up his position as kapellmeister of the orchestra at the court of Meiningen, a position he had deeply desired. In this work, Reger sets a baroque text from the Himmlische Lieder [Celestial Songs] of 1641 by Johann Rist (1606-1667) to music for five-part choir a cappella. These lyrics were not found in the hymnbook of the regional church of Saxony, but in others, such as Hanover.
