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Heinrich von Biber von Bibern

1644 - 1704

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H.I.F. von Biber

Heinrich Ignaz Franz [Heinrich] von Biber von Bibern (12/08/1644 - 03/05/1704), a Bohemian violinist and composer (from Wartenberg (Bohemia). He was for some time musical conductor at Salzburg, and was ennobled by the emperor Leopold in 1681. He is regarded as the earliest important German composer for the violin, his works including sonatas and church music.

Source:

Grove's dictionary of music and musicians

Requiem in A major

Period:	Baroque
Composed in:	1687c
Musical form:	mass
Text/libretto:	Latin mass
Duration:	38'05''
In memory of:	Archbischop Maximilian Gandolph of Khuenburg
Label(s):	Erato 4509-91725-2
	Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 05472 77344 2

Requiem A 15 contains:
01. Introitus: Requiem Aeternam
02. Kyrie Eleison
03. Sequentia: Dies Irae, Dies Illa
04. Offertorium
05. Sanctus
06. Agnus Dei
07. Communio

Source:

booklet of cd: Erato 4509917 252

♫ 01. Introitus: Requiem Aeternam
© Erato 4509-91725-2

♫ 02. Kyrie Eleison
© Erato 4509-91725-2

♫ 03. Sequentia: Dies Irae, Dies Illa
© Erato 4509-91725-2

♫ 04. Offertorium
© Erato 4509-91725-2

♫ 05. Sanctus
© Erato 4509-91725-2

♫ 06. Agnus Dei
© Erato 4509-91725-2

♫ 07. Communio
© Erato 4509-91725-2

The Bohemian composer Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber wrote two requiem masses, one in A major (A15) and a less grandiose one in F minor.

Contributor:

Tassos Dimitriadis

This requiem in A major is the well-known one. The relatively large-scale forces -above all, the use of the court trumpeters- suggest that the work may have been intended for the funeral service of an important dignitary, possibly even that of Biber's employer, Archbischop Maximilian Gandolph of Khuenburg, in 1687. Certainly, the key of A major is unusual for a requiem.

Author:	Berhard Trebuch
Source:	booklet of cd: Requiem A15

Requiem in F minor

Period:	Baroque
Composed in:	1690
Musical form:	mass
Text/libretto:	Latin mass
Duration:	29'31''
Label(s):	Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 05472 77277 2
	Ricercar, RIC 081063
	Decca 436 460 2
	Alpha Classics ALPHA 665

This (undated) requiem is in F minor for five soloists, five-part choir, strings, trombones and basso continuo. It is preserved in manuscript in the Salzburg Cathedral archives.
It contains:
01. Introïtus
02. Kyrie eleison
03. Sequentia. Dies irae
04. Offertorium
05. Sanctus & Benedictus
06. Agnus Dei

Source:	booklet of cd: Alpha Classics ALPHA 665
Contributor:	Tassos Dimitriadis

♫ 01. Introïtus
© Alpha Classics ALPHA 665

♫ 02. Kyrie eleison
© Alpha Classics ALPHA 665

♫ 03. Sequentia. Dies irae
© Alpha Classics ALPHA 665

♫ 04. Offertorium
© Alpha Classics ALPHA 665

♫ 05. Sanctus & Benedictus
© Alpha Classics ALPHA 665

♫ 06. Agnus Dei
© Alpha Classics ALPHA 665

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