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Biber uses scordatura primarily to manipulate the violin's tone color as well as allow for otherwise impossible chords on a violin with standard tuning. [3] Through the progression of the sonatas, scordatura presents a number of difficulties to overcome, with the peak of difficulty located in the Sorrowful Mysteries. [4]
Portrait of Biber. Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (bapt. 12 August 1644, Stráž pod Ralskem – 3 May 1704, Salzburg) [1] was a Bohemian-Austrian composer and violinist. Biber worked in Graz and Kroměříž before he illegally left his employer, Prince-Bishop Karl Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn, and settled in Salzburg. [1]
Benjamin Frankel: Sonata No. 1 for solo violin, Op. 13 (1942) on Decca K 1178 [12]; Frederick Delius: Violin Sonata No. 2, Sir Edward Elgar: Violin Sonata, and Sir William Walton: Violin Sonata (1954 recordings, released 1955-7 on LP on Westminster), reissued on the Testament UK label, SBT1319 (2003).
Violin Sonata No.1 Op.50 (1999) Violin Sonata No.2 Op.56 (2000) Heinrich Ignaz Biber. Mystery Sonatas for violin and figured bass; Sonatae violino solo (8 sonatas for violin and continuo) (1681) Sonata, for violin & continuo No. 1 in A major; Sonata, for violin & continuo No. 2 in D minor; Sonata, for violin & continuo No. 3 in F major
Violin with strings crossed for Biber's Resurrection sonata. Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber's Rosary Sonatas for violin and continuo (c. 1674). Aside from the first ("Annunciation") and last works ("Passacaglia", for solo violin) of this collection, wherein the instrument is set to the common G-D-A-E tuning, the violin for each sonata is tuned to a different array of pitches.
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: Mystery Sonatas (vol. 1) “With the tonal sweetness of Huggett’s three violins resonating pleasingly through the many double- and multiple-stoppings and her bowing demonstrating a delicious lightness and freedom, she admirably displays her eloquent command of Biber’s sublime and richly symbolic language.
Op. 1 No. 4 – Violin Sonata in D major; Op. 1 No. 5 – Violin Sonata in G major; Op. 1 No. 6 – Violin Sonata in E minor; Op. 1 No. 7 – Violin Sonata in F major; Op. 1 No. 8 – Violin Sonata in G major; Op.1 No. 9 – Violin Sonata in A major; Op. 1 No. 10 – Violin Sonata in D major; Op. 1 No. 11 – Violin Sonata in B flat major; Op ...
Battalia à 10 is a piece of chamber music written by the Bohemian-Austrian composer Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber. The work is known for its early use of polytonality and non-conventional techniques. Written in 1673, [1] Battalia is scored for 3 violins, 4 violas, 2 violones, and continuo.