| Die Nonnen | |
|---|---|
| Choral composition by Max Reger | |
 The composer in 1913 | |
| English | The Nuns |
| Opus | 112 |
| Language | German |
| Composed | 1909 |
| Dedication | Philipp Wolfrum |
| Performed | 8 May 1910: Dortmund |
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Die Nonnen (The Nuns), Op. 112, is composition for mixed choir and orchestra by Max Reger, written in 1909. The text is a poem by Martin Boelitz.
Reger completed Die Nonnen in 1909. [1] It is a setting of a poem in three stanzas by Martin Boelitz . [1] The work was first performed on 8 May 1910 in Dortmund as part of a Reger Festival there, by the Musik-Verein choir and the Städtisches Orchester Dortmund, conducted by Julius Janssen . [2] It was first published by Bote & Bock in Berlin in 1910, with a dedication to Philipp Wolfrum. [1] [2] It was published again in 1967 as part of Reger's complete works by Breitkopf & Härtel.
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