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5 sonatas for 2 violins (4 with violins "in scordatura") and b.c.; 1 sonata for violin and viola "in scordatura" and b.c.; 1 sonata for 2 violas d'amore "in scordatura" and b.c. Performing edition based on original print (Nürnberg, 1721). No added slurs, articulations, bow strokes, fingerings... In full score and separate parts ... Read more

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8 sonatas for violin and basso continuo (one with violin "in scordatura"). Performing edition based on original print ([Nürnberg], 1681).No added slurs, dynamics, articulations, bow strokes and so on.In full score (2 vol.) and separate parts. ... Read more

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Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber is a name that all violinists, if not all musicians, should certainly know.It was principally his contributions to composition that familiarized violinists with higher positions, as well as multiple-stops and scordatura.These groundbreaking16 Violin Sonatas , also known as theRosaryorMystery Sonatas , are made up of 15 sonatas depicting each of the traditional mysteries of the Rosary, all of which are scored for violin with accompaniment (in this edition, piano); in addition, there is a 16th and final sonata, a beautifully moving passacaglia for solo violin.Every sonata but the finalPassacagliarequires scordatura, or alternate tuning of the violin.In fact, each sonata requires a different tuning than the one before it!This edition for violin and piano contains two separate violin parts: one with the parts as originally written, accounting for scordatura; and one with the parts written out for use with normal G-D-A-E tuning.It also contains facsimiles from the original edition, including a handwritten introduction (in Latin) by the composer, as well as illustration plates for each sonata, depicting the mystery that is the subject of that sonata.There is a separate piano part.  Published by Kalmus. Difficulty:A5 NOTE:The cover reads "16 Violin Sonatas, Volume 2," but in actuality, it is simply Volume 2 of a set of 24 Sonatas - rest assured, all 16 of theRosary Sonatas(including thePassacaglia )areincluded in this book! ... Read more