Heinrich Biber

Life

Born: 12 August 1644

Died: 3 May 1704

Biography

View the Wikipedia article on Heinrich Biber.

List of choral works

• Chi la dura la vince, opera (libretto Raffaelini, produced ?1690–92)
• Lætatus sum, B, B, str, orch, 1676
• Litaniæ de S Josepho, 8 solo vv, 8vv, 2tpt, 3trb, str, continuo, after 1690
• Lux perpetua, 8 solo vv, 8vv, str, 3trb, organ, circa 1673
• Missa Alleluia à 36, 8 solo vv, 8vv, orch, after 1690
• Missa Bruxellensis à 24, 8 solo vv, 8vv, orch, after 1696
• Missa catholica, 4 solo vv, 4 vv, orch, incomplete
• Missa Christi resurgentis, 9vv, orch, circa 1674
• Missa ex Bb, 6vv, continuo
• Missa quadragesimalis (Missa in contrapuncto), 4vv, continuo
• Missa Salisburgensis à 54, 16 solo vv, 16vv, orch, 1682

Kyrie   (  ) – A3 full score, and set of parts in preparation

• Missa S Henrici à 22, 5 solo vv, 5vv, orch, 1697
• Ne cedite, 5 solo vv, 5vv, str, 3trb, organ, after 1690
• Nisi Dominus ædificaverit domum, B, vln, vle, organ, circa 1700
• Plaudite tympana à 54, 15 solo vv, 16vv, orch, 1682   (  ) – A3 full score, and set of parts available
• Requiem in A à 15, 6 solo vv, 6vv, orch, after 1690
• Requiem in f, 5 solo vv, 5vv, str, 3trb, continuo, after 1692
• Salve regina, S, viola da gamba, organ, 1663
• Vesperæ longiores ac breviores una cum litaniis Lauretanis, 4 solo vv, 4vv, str, 2trb, organ (Salzburg, 1693)
• Vespers, 8 solo vv, 8vv, orch, 1674

Editions

Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Österreiche

Band 20, Missa Salisburgensis and Plaudite tympana (attributed to Orazio Benevoli), ed. Guido Adler, 1903

Band 49, Missa S Henrici, 1918

Band 59, Requiem in f, 1923

Denkmäler der Musik in Salzburg

Band 5, Missa ex Bb, Munich, 1987

Band 9, Litaniæ de S Josepho, Balletti for solo vln, continuo, Salzburg, 1999

Band 11, Lætatus sum, Nisi Dominus ædificaverit domum, Salzburg, 1999