Atlas
← Chamber music
5

Sonata No. 1 in C major, C. 114

Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber · 1644–1704 · Bohemian-Austrian
For 2 trumpets, 2 violins, 3 violas, continuo
Also known as Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes, Sonata I
Level 5 · Advanced — about ABRSM 8 · RCM 9, for the trumpet 1 part
MajorLivelyHeroicDanceLesser-known

Listen

Open on YouTube More recordings
Ensemble
With continuo
Hardest part
Trumpet 1
Form
Full work
Length
About 5 min
Composed
1676
Era
Baroque

Notes

Two natural trumpets with strings; Biber's violone doubles the continuo bass

About this work

Dedicated to
Maximilian Gandolph von Kuenburg, Archbishop of Salzburg (1622–1687)
Score on IMSLP Suggest a correction

Also in Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes

Sonata No. 2 in D major, C. 115
2 violins, 3 violas, continuo
With continuo2 violins, 3 violas, continuo
4 min
MajorDanceLesser-known
4violin 1
Sonata No. 3 in G minor, C. 116
2 violins, 3 violas, continuo
With continuo2 violins, 3 violas, continuo
6 min
MinorLyricalLesser-known
4violin 1
Sonata No. 4 in C major, C. 117
trumpet, violin, 2 violas, continuo
With continuotrumpet, violin, 2 violas, continuo
5 min
MajorLivelyLesser-known
5trumpet
Sonata No. 5 in E minor, C. 118
2 violins, 3 violas, continuo
With continuo2 violins, 3 violas, continuo
6 min
MinorLyricalLesser-known
4violin 1
Sonata No. 6 in F major, C. 119
2 violins, 2 violas, continuo
With continuo2 violins, 2 violas, continuo
5 min
MajorDanceLesser-known
4violin 1
Sonata No. 7 in C major, C. 120
2 trumpets, 2 violins, continuo
With continuo2 trumpets, 2 violins, continuo
6 min
MajorLivelyLesser-known
5trumpet 1
Sonata No. 8 in G major, C. 121
2 violins, 2 violas, continuo
With continuo2 violins, 2 violas, continuo
7 min
MajorDanceLesser-known
4violin 1
Sonata No. 9 in B-flat major, C. 122
2 violins, 2 violas, continuo
With continuo2 violins, 2 violas, continuo
5 min
MajorDanceLesser-known
4violin 1
Sonata No. 10 in G minor, C. 123
trumpet, violin, 2 violas, continuo
With continuotrumpet, violin, 2 violas, continuo
5 min
MajorHeroicLesser-known
5trumpet
Sonata No. 11 in A major, C. 124
2 violins, 2 violas, continuo
With continuo2 violins, 2 violas, continuo
4 min
MajorDanceLesser-known
4violin 1
Sonata No. 12 in C major, C. 125
2 trumpets, 2 violins, 3 violas, continuo
With continuo2 trumpets, 2 violins, 3 violas, continuo
5 min
MajorLivelyLesser-known
5trumpet 1

A step before · level 4

Sonata a quattro in D major, WoO 4
Arcangelo Corelli
trumpet (or oboe), 2 violins, continuo
With continuotrumpet (or oboe), 2 violins, continuo
6 min
MajorHeroicLesser-known
4trumpet
Sonata a 6, Op. 8 No. 13 ("La Buscha")
Giovanni Legrenzi
2 trumpets, bassoon, 2 violins, cello, continuo
With continuo2 trumpets, bassoon, 2 violins, cello, continuo
4 min
MajorLivelyLesser-known
4trumpet 1
Sonata a 8 No. 1
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer
2 violins, 3 violas, continuo, 2 trumpets
With continuo2 violins, 3 violas, continuo, 2 trumpets
4 min
MajorHeroicLesser-known
4trumpet 1
Sonata a 8 No. 2
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer
violin, 2 violas, continuo, trumpet, 3 trombones
With continuoviolin, 2 violas, continuo, trumpet, 3 trombones
5 min
MajorHeroicLesser-known
4trumpet

A step after · level 6

Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat major, BWV 1051
Johann Sebastian Bach
2 violas, 2 violas da gamba, cello, continuo
With continuo2 violas, 2 violas da gamba, cello, continuo
17 min
MajorLivelyWell-known
6viola 1
Sonata à due No. 1 in F major
August Kühnel
2 violas da gamba, continuo
With continuo2 violas da gamba, continuo
8 min
MajorVirtuosicLesser-known
6viola-da-gamba 1
Sonata No. 8 in D major, Op. 2 No. 8
Jean-Marie Leclair
violin (or flute), viola da gamba (or viola or cello), continuo
With continuoviolin (or flute), viola da gamba (or viola or cello), continuo
11 min
MajorVirtuosicLesser-known
6violin
Chamber Concerto in F major, RV 97
Antonio Vivaldi
viola d'amore, 2 horns, 2 oboes, continuo
With continuoviola d'amore, 2 horns, 2 oboes, continuo
11 min
MajorLivelyLesser-known
6viola-damore

More chamber music by Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber

With continuo2 violins, continuo
11 min
MinorLyricalLesser-known
5violin 1
With continuo2 violins, continuo
11 min
MajorDanceLesser-known
5violin 1
With continuoviolin, viola, continuo
9 min
MajorLyricalLesser-known
5violin
With continuo2 violins, continuo
11 min
MinorDramaticLesser-known
5violin 1
With continuo2 violins, continuo
18 min
MajorVirtuosicLesser-known
5violin 1
Partita No. 7 in C minor, C. 68
2 violas d'amore, continuo
With continuo2 violas d'amore, continuo
20 min
MinorDarkLesser-known
5viola-damore 1