Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas (Biber, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 16 sonatas
Composition Year 1674 ca.
Genre Categories Sonatas; For violin, continuo; Scores featuring the violin; Scores with basso continuo; For 1 player with continuo; For violin; For 1 player; For orchestra (arr); Scores featuring the orchestra (arr); For 3 recorders (arr); For 3 players (arr); Scores featuring the recorder (arr); For guitar (arr); Scores featuring the guitar (arr); For 1 player (arr); For viola (arr); Scores featuring the viola (arr); For cello (arr); Scores featuring the cello (arr); For piano (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr)

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Performances

Naxos

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Passagalia in G minor (No.16)

For 3 Recorders (Tennent)

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Misc. Notes These file(s) are part of the Werner Icking Music Collection, and are also included in the Mondrup Recorder Collection. Transposed to A minor
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Sheet Music

Scores and Parts

Complete

 Complete Score (color) (Preview)
#69095 - 33.22MB, 84 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 16492×⇩ - Tschabrendeki

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Tschabrendeki (2010/6/26)

 Complete Score (grayscale) (Preview)
#69096 - 23.65MB, 84 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 11124×⇩ - Tschabrendeki

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 Complete Score (monochrome) (Preview)
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Irishmaestro (2013/12/6)

Publisher. Info. Manuscript, ca.1678
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Misc. Notes D-Mbs Mus. ms.4123
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 Complete Score and Violin Parts (Preview)
#48908 - 19.93MB, 154 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 27403×⇩ - ctesibius

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⇒ 4 more: Complete Score • Non-scordatura violin part (realization) • Scordatura violin part (from original manuscript) • Corrected version of Sonata XI

 Complete Score (Preview)
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 Non-scordatura violin part (realization) (Preview)
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 Scordatura violin part (from original manuscript) (Preview)
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 Corrected version of Sonata XI (Preview)
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Editor Erwin Luntz (1877-1949)
Publisher. Info. Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Österreich, Bd.25
Vienna: Österreichischer Bundesverlag, 1905. Plate Dm.d.Tk.in Oest.XII.2.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes The realisation of Sonata XI (score pp.49–57 and non-scordatura violin part pp.19–20) is largely incorrect; a corrected realisation was later issued (#885235). 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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Sonata in D minor 'The Annunciation' (No.1)

 Complete Score
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Guifre (2007/1/6)

 Complete Score (transposed one tone down)
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 Violin Part
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 Continuo Part
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Editor Johan Tufvesson
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Sonata in G major 'The Resurrection' (No.11)

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Philip Legge (2009/12/15)

Editor Erwin Luntz (1877-1949)
Publisher. Info. Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Österreich, Bd.25
Vienna: Österreichischer Bundesverlag, 1905. Plate Dm.d.Tk.in Oest.XII.2.
Copyright
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Misc. Notes 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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Passagalia in G minor (No.16)

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Editor Johan Tufvesson
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

Complete

For Orchestra (Choe)

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 Flute 2
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 Oboe 1
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 Oboe 2
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 Clarinet 1 (B♭/A)
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 Clarinet 2 (B♭/A)
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 Bassoon 1
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 Bassoon 2
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 Horn 1 (F)
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 Horn 2 (F)
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 Trumpet 1 (B♭/C/D)
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 Trumpet 2 (B♭/C/D)
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 Trombone 1
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 Trombone 2
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 Timpani
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 Bass Drum
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 Violins I
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 Violins II
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 Violas
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 Cellos
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 Basses
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Arranger Joshua Choe
Publisher. Info. Joshua Choe, 2017-21.
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Misc. Notes Adapted from realization in score edited by Erwin Luntz.

Joyful Mysteries (Sonatas 1-5)
Sorrowful Mysteries (Sonatas 6-10)
Glorious Mysteries (Sonatas 11-16)

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Passagalia in G minor (No.16)

For 3 Recorders (Tennent)

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For Guitar (Watson)

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For Viola

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 Preface
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For Viola (Esparza Dévora)

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For Cello (Hamrefors)

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For Piano (Sun)

 Passacaglia
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General Information

Work Title Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas [and Passacaglia]
Alternative. Title Rosenkranz-Sonaten; Copper-Engraving Sonatas
Composer Biber, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No. C 90–105
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IHB 14
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 16 sonatas:
  1. [Sonata] in D minor. Tuning GDae
    1. Preludium
    2. Aria and Variations
    3. Finale
  2. Sonata in A major. Tuning AEae
    1. [untitled] - Presto
    2. Allamanda
    3. Presto
  3. Sonata in B minor. Tuning B F♯ b d
    1. [untitled] - Presto - Adagio
    2. Courente and Double
    3. Adagio
  4. Ciacona in D minor. Tuning ADad
  5. [Sonata] in A major. Tuning AEac♯
    1. Preludium - Presto
    2. Allamanda
    3. Guigue
    4. Sarabanda and Double
  6. [Sonata] in C minor. Tuning A♭ E♭ g d
    1. Lamento - Adagio - Presto - Adagio
    2. [untitled] - Adagio - Adagio
  7. [Sonata] in F major. Tuning CFac
    1. Allamanda and Varation
    2. Sarabande and Variation
  8. Sonata in B♭ major. Tuning DFbd
    1. Adagio - Presto
    2. Guigue and 2 Doubles
  9. Sonata in A minor. Tuning CEae
    1. [untitled]
    2. Courante and 2 Doubles
    3. Finale
  10. [Sonata] in G minor. Tuning GDad
    1. Praeludium
    2. Aria and 5 Variations
  11. [Sonata] in G major. Tuning GgDd
    1. [untitled]
    2. Surrexit Christus hodie
    3. Adagio
  12. [Sonata] in C major. Tuning CEgc
    1. Intrada
    2. Aria Tubicinum
    3. Allamanda
    4. Courente and Double
  13. [Sonata] in D minor. Tuning AEc♯e
    1. [untitled]
    2. Gavott
    3. Guigue
    4. Sarabanda
  14. [Sonata] in D major. Tuning AEad
    1. [untitled] - Grave - Adagio
    2. Aria and Variations
  15. Sonata in C major. Tuning GCgd
    1. [untitled]
    2. Aria and Variations
    3. Canzon
    4. Sarabanda
  16. Passagalia in G minor. Solo violin (standard tuning)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1674 ca.
First Publication. 1905
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Baroque
Piece Style Baroque
Instrumentation violin, continuo
Extra Information Scordatura tunings, see contents
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