Gesang der Verklärten
| Gesang der Verklärten | |
|---|---|
| Choral composition by Max Reger | |
The composer in 1895 | |
| English | Chant of the Transfigured |
| Opus | 71 |
| Language | German |
| Composed | 1903 |
| Dedication | "Meiner geliebten Frau Elsa" |
| Performed | 18 January 1906: Aachen |
| Published | 1905: Leipzig by C. F. W. Siegel |
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Gesang der Verklärten (Chant of the Transfigured), Op. 71, is a composition by Max Reger for a mixed five-part choir and orchestra, a late Romantic setting of a poem by Carl Busse. Reger composed the work in 1903. He dedicated it to "Meiner geliebten Frau Elsa" (My beloved wife Elsa). It was published in 1905 and first performed in Aachen on 18 January 1906 by the municipal choir and orchestra, conducted by Eberhard Schwickerath.