BIBER, HEINRICH IGNAZ FRANZ VON BIOGRAPHY(1644 - 1704)
The Bohemian virtuoso violinist and composer Heinrich Biber spent
the last 24 years of his life at the court of the Archbishop of
Salzburg, after earlier service with the Prince-Bishop of Olmutz.
Instrumental Music
Among a number of interesting compositions are Biber's fifteen Rosary Sonatas, for violin and basso continuo, with its unaccompanied violin Passacaglia, and the curious string orchestra Battalia (Battle), with its imitation gunfire and drunken soldiers. In the first he makes considerable use of scordatura, with the violin retuned to provide different sonorities and unusual chordal effects.
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