Three Duos for Two Violins. Opus 131b: Canons and Fuges in Ancient Style. Urtext edition

Max Reger (1873-1916) not only admired Bach by limiting himself to composing music for organ or orchestra, but he also wrote sonatas and suites for solo instrument, not only thought of as ?tudes, but he also presented several works at the end of his life in the Opus 131. The severe collapse that Reger suffered on February 28, 1914, during a concert in Hagen, Westphalia, required an extended period of rest and recovery, it was no surprise that his doctors completely forbade him to conduct or compose. Of course, his musical spirit could not stand still for long, even during his convalescent stay at the Martinsbrunn Clinic near Merano in Italy, Reger developed music for solo stringed instruments, first with the Six Preludes and Fugues, Opus 131a, for solo violin and Three Duets for Two Violins in Ancient Style, Opus 131b (both in April 1914). The composer published the Three Duos, dedicated to the Dutch violinist and musical educator Bram Elderin, the duos were sent in three volumes by the German publisher N. Simrock, Berlin and Leipzig. Our urtext version is based on this first edition printed in 1914.The suggested fingerings of the first edition were suppressed, thus giving the interpreters the possibility to mark their fingerings according to their criteria. Any deviation from the original text that was made for the sake of clarity in favor of music, Roisber Narvaez Verlag here adopts his usual fastidious attention to truthfulness and critical scholarship by bracketing possible solutions. Max Reger (1873-1916) no solo admir? a Bach limit?ndose a componer m?sica para ?rgano u orquesta, tambi?n escribi? sonatas y suites para instrumento solo, no pensados ?nicamente como ?tudes, sino que present? varias obras al final de su vida en el Opus 131. El grave colapso que Reger sufri? el 28 de febrero de 1914 durante un concierto en Hagen, Westfalia, requiri? un per?odo prolongado de descanso y recuperaci?n, no fue ninguna sorpresa que sus m?dicos le prohibieran por completo dirigir o componer. Por supuesto, su esp?ritu musical no pod?a quedarse quieto por mucho tiempo, incluso durante su estad?a de convaleciente en la Cl?nica Martinsbrunn cerca de Merano en Italia, Reger desarroll? m?sica para instrumentos de cuerda solistas, primero con los Seis Preludios y Fugas, Opus 131a, para viol?n solo y luego los Tres d?os en estilo antiguo para dos violines, Opus 131b (ambos en abril de 1914). El compositor public? los Tres D?os, dedicados al violinista y pedagogo musical holand?s Bram Elderin, los duo fueron presentados en tres vol?menes por la editora alemana N. Simrock, Berl?n y Leipzig. Nuestra versi?n urtext est? basada en esta primera edici?n impresa en 1914.Las digitaciones sugeridas de la primera edici?n fueron suprimidas, dando as? la posibilidad a los int?rpretes de marcar de acuerdo a su criterio su propia digitaci?n. Cualquier desviaci?n del texto original que se hizo en aras de la claridad en favor a la m?sica, Roisber Narvaez Verlag adopta aqu? su habitual atenci?n fastidiosa a la veracidad y la erudici?n cr?tica marcando entre corchetes las posibles soluciones.