Max Reger was a German composer and teacher best known for his organ music, which often used Baroque forms. He was one of the last composers to work within the traditions of 19th-century music. His music kept alive styles from the past while adding his own voice. Reger’s approach blended old and new influences during a time of change in the music world. Reger studied in Weiden and later experienced Wagner's works at Bayreuth in 1888, but his music did not stay influenced by Wagner for long. Between 1890 and 1893, he studied in Sondershausen and Wiesbaden while teaching piano, organ, and music theory. He became friends with Busoni and the organist Straube, who helped introduce Reger’s organ music to audiences. By 1901, he was established in Munich as a composer, pianist, and teacher, despite some opposition to his traditional style. He worked as a professor of composition at the Leipzig Conservatory starting in 1907 and later became a conductor at Meiningen in. Reger’s music includes not only organ pieces but also choral, orchestral works, chamber music, and songs. His important orchestral works include the Böcklin Suite and variations on themes by Mozart, Beethoven, and Hiller. He wrote a piano concerto, solo violin sonatas, and three suites for solo viola among other works. His organ music features pieces like the fantasy on Ein feste Burg, Phantasie und Fuge über B-A-C-H, the fantasy on the chorale Wachet auf! ruft uns die Stimme, and the Sonata in F Sharp Minor.