The Max-Reger-Institute (MRI) is a musicological
research institute
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and archive in
Karlsruhe
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, Germany, dedicated to the work of the composer
Max Reger, a representative of German music around the turn of the 20th century. An associated foundation, the Elsa-Reger-Stiftung, is named after his wife,
Elsa Reger, who founded the foundation and the institute. It has a substantial archive of manuscripts and documents related to Reger.
History
Reger's widow and biographer, Elsa Reger, installed in 1947 a foundation, run by the Max-Reger-Institut in
Bonn
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. A main objective was to collect the autographs which had been dispersed during two world wars, and to establish an archive as a base for research.
The institute moved to Karlsruhe in 1996, first to the building of the . The state
Baden-Württemberg
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and the town
Karlsruhe
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have funded the institute since. In 1998, it moved to the
Karlsburg in
Durlach. It collaborates with the Musikhochschule and with the
Baden State Library.
Archive
The archive holds
autographs of sketches, scores and corrections from all periods and genres of Reger's compositions, also many of his handwritten letters and postcards to friends, publishers, performers and notable contemporaries. It also keeps the correspondence of his widow, and documents, photos, paintings, caricatures, concert programs and other memorabilia. From 2003, the BrüderBuschArchiv, an archive of the brothers
Fritz Busch and
Adolf Busch with many documents related to their work is part of the MRI.
The library holds prints of first editions as well as later ones, international literature about Reger and related topics, sound documents, and copies of manuscripts that are not part of the MRI's archive.
Publications
The MRI is the centre of research of the composer, publishing research in its own ''Schriftenreihe'' (
monographic series), including
dissertations written with scientific guidance by the MRI. A new edition of Reger's works, the Reger-Werk-Ausgabe, was begun in 2008. The new Reger-Werk-Verzeichnis appeared in 2011, funded in part by the
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
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.
Other activities
A focus of the MRI has been to provide access to the material related to Reger, to researchers, musicians and music lovers. The institute organizes regularly exhibitions, conventions, lecture concerts, and concert series in collaboration with international music schools and universities. In 2005 the MRI established a biennial European chamber music competition, the , together with
Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe ( ; ; ; South Franconian German, South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, third-largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, after its capital Stuttgart a ...
and the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe.
References
External links
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Immer Reger / Geschichte und Aufgaben des Max-Reger-Instituts Carus-Verlag
Max-Reger-Institut in Karlsruhe / "Neue Fülle"(in German)
SWR
Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Susanne Popp (Max-Reger-Institut/Elsa-Reger-Stiftung, Karlsruhe) / Max Reger. Werk statt LebenHumboldt University
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The university was established by Frederick William III of Prussia, Frederick W ...
Berlin
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Research institutes in Germany
Musicology