Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas (Biber, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von)
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Sheet Music
Scores and Parts
Complete
Complete manuscript (Color) (Preview)
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Tschabrendeki (2010/6/26)
Complete manuscript (Grayscale) (Preview)
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Tschabrendeki (2010/6/26)
Manuscript, BSB Mus. ms. 4123, n.d. (ca.1678)
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Complete score and violin parts (Preview)
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Erwin Luntz (1877-1949)
Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Österreich, Band 25.
Vienna: Österreichischer Bundesverlag, 1905. Plate Dm.d.Tk.in Oest.XII.2.
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The realisation of Sonata XI within the volume (score pp.49–57 and non-scordatura violin part pp. 19–20) is largely incorrect; a corrected realisation was later issued, which appears on pages 149 to 154 of the PDF; Biber’s original part appears on pages 139 and 140 of the PDF file (or refer to pages 47–53 of the original manuscript, above).
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Selections
Sonata I in D minor, The Annunciation
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Score transposed one tone down
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Violin part
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Continuo part
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Halmstad: Johan Tufvesson
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Sonata XI in G major, The Resurrection
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Philip Legge (2009/12/15)
Erwin Luntz (1877-1949)
Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Österreich, Band 25.
Vienna: Österreichischer Bundesverlag, 1905. Plate Dm.d.Tk.in Oest.XII.2.
Pages 1–9 comprise the original 1905 print without the faulty realisations of the violin part; pages 10–15 are the revised accompaniment, with a more correct realisation of the scordatura. The scordatura violin part as Biber wrote it is on pages 16 and 17.
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Sonata XVI in G minor, Passagalia
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Johan Tufvesson
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Sonata XVI in G minor, Passagalia
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Fingerings, bowings and ornaments
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Jean Michel Delabre
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Arrangements and Transcriptions
Sonata XVI in G minor
For Cello solo (Hamrefors)
Passagalia
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Erik Hamrefors (2013/1/2)
Erik Hamrefors
Erik Hamrefors
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Transposed to C minor
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General Information
| Work Title | Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas [and Passacaglia] |
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| Alternative Title | Rosenkranz-Sonaten; Copper-Engraving Sonatas |
| Composer | Biber, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von |
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| Opus/Catalogue Number | C 90–105 |
| Movements/Sections | 16 |
| Year/Date of Composition | ?1674 |
| First Publication | 1905 |
| Piece Style | Baroque |
| Instrumentation | Violin and basso continuo |
Misc. Comments
The Mystery (or Rosary) Sonatas constitute one of the virtuoso high points of the Baroque violin literature, as in addition to the daring technical and contrapuntal demands of Biber’s writing, each sonata employs a different tuning of the violin’s strings, known as scordatura (the first sonata and the final passacaglia alone employ the standard violin tuning). In addition the eleventh sonata requires the violinist to cross over the middle strings at the bridge and nut to allow octave tunings between the adjacent pairs of outer strings. Each of the violin sonatas is accompanied by a figured continuo bass, whereas the passacaglia is for violin alone. The collection of sonatas survives in a manuscript copy with engravings accompanying each of the sections and portraying the depicted scene.
A lengthy but illuminating discussion of the background for this style of composition is found at Dr James Clements’ website, entitled Penetrating the Mysteries.
15 Sonatas and Passacaglia
The Joyful Mysteries
- Sonata 1 in D minor, The Annunciation, senza scordatura
- Præludium. Aria allegro – Variation – Adagio. Finale
- Sonata 2 in A major, Mary's Visit to Elizabeth, scordatura a e' a' e''
- Sonata. Presto. Allemande. Presto
- Sonata 3 in B minor, The Nativity, scordatura b f♯' b' d''
- Sonata – Presto. Courante – Double. Adagio
- Sonata 4 in D minor, The Presentation, scordatura a d' a' d''
- Ciacona – Adagio – Presto – Adagio
- Sonata 5 in A major, Child Jesus in the Temple, scordatura a e' a' c♯''
- Præludium – Presto. Allemande. Gigue. Sarabande – Double.
The Sorrowful Mysteries
- Sonata 6 in C minor, The Agony in the Garden, scordatura a♭ e♭' g' d''
- Lamento – Adagio – Presto. [Aria] – Adagio – Adagio
- Sonata 7 in F major, The Scourging of Jesus, scordatura c' f' a' c''
- Allemande – Variation. Sarabande – Variation.
- Sonata 8 in B♭ major, The Crown of Thorns, scordatura d' f' b♭' d''
- Sonata, Adagio – Presto – Adagio. Gigue – Double, Presto – Double II
- Sonata 9 in A minor, Carrying the Cross, scordatura c' e' a' e''
- Sonata. Courante – Double. Finale
- Sonata 10 in G minor, The Crucifixion, scordatura g d' a' d''
- Præludium. Aria – Variatio – Adagio
The Glorious Mysteries
- Sonata 11 in G major, The Resurrection, scordatura g d' × g' d'' (= g g' d' d'')
- Sonata – Surrexit Christus hodie. Adagio
- Sonata 12 in C major, The Ascension, scordatura c' e' g' c''
- Intrada. Aria Tubicinum. Allemande. Courante – Double
- Sonata 13 in D minor, The Holy Ghost, scordatura a e' c♯'' e''
- Sonata. Gavotte. Gigue. Sarabande
- Sonata 14 in D major, The Assumption of Mary, scordatura a e' a' d''
- [Prelude] – Grave – Adagio. Aria – Aria – Gigue
- Sonata 15 in C major, Crowning of the Virgin Mary, scordatura g c' g' d''
- Sonata. Aria – Canzone. Sarabande
The Guardian Angel
- Passacaglia in G minor for solo violin, senza scordatura
- Passagalia – Adagio – Allegro – Adagio
Copper-plate engravings
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- Scores from Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
- Manuscripts
- Luntz, Erwin/Editor
- Tufvesson, Johan/Editor
- WIMA files
- WIMA duplicate files
- Delabre, Jean Michel/Editor
- Pages with scores
- Pages with parts
- Scores
- Biber, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von
- Baroque
- Sonatas
- For violin, continuo
- Scores featuring the violin
- Scores with basso continuo
- For 1 player with continuo
- For cello (arr)
- For 1 player
- Scores featuring the cello
- Pages with arrangements
- Scordatura
