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BIBER,
Heinrich Ignaz Franz von, 1644-1704
Rosenkranz-Sonaten.
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek,
Mus. Mss. 4123. Vorgelegt
von Manfred Hermann Schmid.
[Sonatas, violin,
bc, “Mystery Sonatas”]
detail
of beginning of Sonata no.10
(Mus. Mss. 4123 Bayerische Staatsbibliothek)
detail
of beginning of a concordance with Sonata no.10
(Ms XIV 726 Wiener Minoritenkonvents)
Denkmäler der Musik in Salzburg, 14.
Munich, 2008. Oblong, 32 x 25 cm, 88, xxx, 4 pp + 1 foldout. New color
reproduction of the magnificent presentation copy (non autograph, sole
surviving source), dedicated to the Archbishop Maximilian Gandolph von
Khuenberg. These fifteen wonderful sonatas, abstract commentaries on
biblical incidents traditionally grouped into three groups of
five—Joyful (his early life), Sorrowful (his passion), Glorious (his
ressurection)—are noteworthy for their use of scordatura and their
powerful preludes. They originally were performed in the lecture hall
“Aula Academica” of Salzburg University, which still contains fifteen
paintings depicting the mysteries. In like manner biblical
illustrations—small engraved medallions—were glued in the manuscript at
the beginning of each piece. The work ends with the passacaglia for
solo violin, one of the most beautiful and soaring pieces of the German
baroque. This new facsimile edition importantly includes a facsimile of
a concordance of the tenth sonata (from MS XIV 726, Wiener
Minoritenkonvents) —where the same music is accompanied by programmatic
titles eliciting the battlefield, a rather paradoxical twist from its
use as a passion sonata. This "Türken-Sonate" has these movements:
“Praeludium - Der Türcken Anmarch”, “Aria - Der Türcken
Belägerung der Stadt Wien”, “Variatio - Der Türcken
stürmen”, “Adagio - Anmarsch der Christen”, “Treffen der
Christen”, “Durchgang der Türcken”, “Victori der Christen”. In Ms
XIV 726, a composite source of 102 sonatas for violin by Biber,
Schmelzer and others, the scribe laconically attributes the
Türken-Sonate to “Schmelzer”. Introduction in Ger. Handsome cloth
binding, with gold lettering. $179
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