| Der Einsiedler | |
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| Chorale composition by Max Reger | |
 The composer at work, a painting by Franz Nölken, 1913 | |
| Opus | 144a |
| Text | by Eichendorff |
| Language | German |
| Composed | 1915 |
| Dedication | Bach-Verein Heidelberg and Philipp Wolfrum |
| Published | 1916 |
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Der Einsiedler (The Hermit) Op. 144a, is a composition for baritone soloist, five-part choir and orchestra by Max Reger, written in 1915. The German text is a poem by Joseph von Eichendorff, beginning "Komm' Trost der Welt, du stille Nacht" (Come, consolation of the world, you quiet night). The composition was published in 1916 after Reger's death by N. Simrock, combined with the Hebbel Requiem, as Zwei Gesänge für gemischten Chor mit Orchester (Two songs for mixed chorus with orchestra), Op. 144.