Heinrich Ignaz Biber

Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (August 12, 1644 – May 3, 1704) was a Bohemian composer and violinist.

Works

• 8 violin sonatas
• Requiem
• 2 Operas
• Cantatas
• Missa Salisburgensis (attrib; for 53 independent voices)
• Missa Sancti Henrici
• Missa Bruxellensis
• Missa Scala Aretina
• Missa Christi resurgentis
• Sonata "La battaglia"
• Mensa sonora (Sonatas for 2 Viol.,Viola und Baß)
• Die "Sonatae Tam Aris Quam Aulis servientes" for 6--8 Instruments
• 12 Sonatas "Fidicinium sacroprofanum"
• 7 Trio Sonatas "Harmonia artificioso-ariosa: diversi mode accordata"
• "Die liederliche Gesellschaft von allerley Humor"
• "Sonata representativa"
• 16 "The Rosary Sonatas" in scordatura (a.k.a. "The Mystery Sonatas")