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Partita No. 6 in D major, C. 67
Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber · 1644–1704 · Bohemian-Austrian
For 2 violins, continuo
Also known as Harmonia artificioso-ariosa, Partia VI
Level 5 · Advanced — about ABRSM 8 · RCM 9, for the violin 1 part
Listen
- Ensemble
- With continuo
- Hardest part
- Violin 1
- Form
- Full work
- Length
- About 18 min
- Composed
- 1696
- Era
- Baroque
Notes
Normal tuning; an Aria with thirteen variations
About this work
- Partia I in D minor: Sonata, Allamande, Gigue with Variatio I & II, Aria, Sarabande with Variatio I & II, Finale (scordatura: both violins tuned a, e', a', d")
- Partia II in B minor: Praeludium, Allamande & Variatio, Balletto, Aria, Gigue (scordatura: both violins tuned b, f', b', d")
- Partia III in A: Praeludium, Allamande, Amener, Balletto, Gigue, Ciacona (scordatura: both violins tuned a, e' a', e")
- Partia IV in E: Sonata, Allamande, Trezza, Aria, Canario, Gigue, Pollicinello (scordatura: violin tuned b, e', b', e"; viola tuned e, b, e', b'
- Partia V in G minor: Intrada, Aria, Balletto, Gigue, Passacaglia (scordatura: g, d', a', d")
- Partia VI in D: Praeludium, Aria with Variatio I–XIII, Finale (both violins tuned normally)
- Partia VII in C minor: Praeludium, Allamande, Sarabande, Gigue, Aria, Trezza, Arietta variata (scordatura: both viole d’amore tuned c, g, c', e', g', c")
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