In April 1913, the orchestration of Franz Schubert’s Memnon (RWV Schubert-B2 No. 1) is the first of a total of 45 lied orchestrations by means of which Reger supplies a resplendent guise to lieder both of his own and of others. As a result of a commission for the inauguration of the giant organ in the Breslau Jahrhunderthalle , Reger turns to organ music again after a long break; his Introduction, Passacaglia and Fugue in E Minor, Op. 127, is again dedicated to Karl Straube.

Like all activities, he also exaggerates his travels with the court orchestra(see concert season 1912/13); while he feels constricted and disregarded in courtly Meiningen, he basks in enthusiastic triumphs on tour. The Heidelberg Bach-Reger Festival in June signifies a high point in his recognition as the »modern Bach«.

After Reger had already recorded various piano rolls for the Freiburg firm M. Welte & Söhne in 1905, a whole series of smaller organ pieces are recorded by him on 28 May 1913.