(-)- !N/!N/!N - 15 - TradViolin, Bassoon 1 6 - - 2 6 *#735175 - 4.63MB, 62 pp. Listen to Vilsmar: 6 Partitas for Solo Violin - Pisendel: Sonata in A Minor - Biber: Passacaglia in G Minor by Vaughan Jones on Apple Music. Eichler points out that the Rosary Sonatas are often over-interpreted and taken too literally considering the uncertainty of the original context and intention, and that this restricts the listener's chance to draw from a large variety of possible meanings. The Passacaglia that ends the collection is not based on a Mystery, but probably referenced the Feast of the Guardian Angels. Example 19: Biber, Passacaglia. Both the passacaglia and the chaconne gave rise to musical forms. 13: Pentecost (The Descent of the Holy Spirit), Sonata No. The basis of the Passacaglia is a descending tetrachord: G, F, E flat, D. Many such pieces are built on descending tetrachords, but in this case it may constitute a reference. It was first used in the early 16th century and was most popular until approximately 1750. ctesibius (2009/12/14), Sonata I in D minor, The Annunciation Biber's extraordinary use of the technique in the Mystery Sonatas - 15 works based on the Catholic rosary - By deeply analysing the symbols utilized in the poster promoting the Eucharist we can receive and insight into the reason why the Eucharist is of such significance to the Catholic life. The Passacaglia's opening four notes, which become its bass pattern, may refer to the traditional hymn to the Guardian Angel, "Einen Engel Gott mir geben" (God, Give Me an Angel), which has a similar tune and was published in 1666. The pieces included in the playlist have a repeating harmony that is seen as a passacaglia by the featured composers. This duty towards parenthood is very reflective of John Pauls work. I have come to rely so deeply on the grace of the sacraments and have seen myself grow tremdously through frequent reception of Confession, and the Eucharist., To understand Guadis composition, however, one must understand the specific program and the history of La Sagrada Familia. There is no title page, and the manuscript begins with a dedication to his employer, Archbishop Gandolph. About Mark Allen Group 0.0/10 6 2 (-)- !N/!N/!N - 12 - TradViolin, Horn 1 (F) We see this in the line starting with Mary falls to her knees. and when the narrator explains the event that is happening in the story that the people who are in the church came for their own private service, the holy sacrament of confession., The Holy Eucharist is the focal point in spiritual nourishment in the Catholic life. 4 Biber's Passacaglia in G minor is part of a group of pieces composed either for the Archbishop of Salzburg, Maximilian Gandolph, Count Khenburg (Biber's employer) or the Salzburg Confraternity of the Rosary. Composer. 0.0/10 - The complexities are infinite both in physical fact and in perception. Biber, one of the best violinists of his time, was able to execute performing in high positions (difficult on a Baroque violin, which has no shoulder or chin rest! Irishmaestro (2013/12/6), Complete Score and Violin Parts (Preview) The newfound enthusiasm towards the Mystery Sonatas is evident in Eichler's account of Biber's scordatura usage: "Each new configuration is a secret key to an invisible door, unlocking a different set of chordal possibilities on the instrument, opening up alternative worlds of resonance and vibration". 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The Presentation of the Infant Jesus in the Temple, This page was last edited on 25 November 2022, at 06:45. [3] Through the progression of the sonatas, the difficulty of the scordatura tuning rises and falls, with the peak of difficulty located in the Sorrowful Mysteries.[4]. Listen on Youtube to Biber's Passacaglia. ANALYSIS A convenient summary of passacaglia analyses published between 1966 and 1979 has been provided by Williams6. *#799667 - 0.07MB, 5 pp. For example, Percy Goetschius held that the chaconne is usually based on a harmonic sequence with a recurring soprano melody, and the passacaglia was formed over a ground bass pattern,[6] whereas Clarence Lucas defined the two forms in precisely the opposite way. Listen on Youtube to Telemann's 3 e Fantasia. [2] Later composers adopted this model, and by the nineteenth century the word came to mean a series of variations over an ostinato pattern, usually of a serious character. 8 6 Biber: Mystery Sonata No. 0.0/10 This video explains scordatura in the classical tradition, using the Mystery Sonatas as an example. 8 "Passacaglia.". Two recent anniversary celebrations, in 1994 celebrating 350 years since his baptism and in 2004 celebrating 300 years since his death, have led to a renaissance of Biber's work through concerts and other forms of presentation. In talking about the nature of indissolubility, Ouellet says, the indissolubility of Christian marriage flows above all from its structure as a spousal covenant in Christ. God willed marriage in the order of creation as an indissoluble reality the marriage-sacramental confirms and ratifies this indissolubility, inserting it into the mystery of Christs covenant with the Church (Ouellet, 95)., Four Hail Marys it is the roman catholic prayer so that is why the whole is about religion of the Roman Catholics. *#735166 - 4.07MB, 32 pp. Nineteenth-century examples include the C-minor passacaglia for organ by Felix Mendelssohn, and the finale of Josef Rheinberger's Eighth Organ Sonata. 6 - The six Brandenburg Concertos are recognized as his most popular work and yet were not heard for over a century after his death. 0.0/10 The first two movements of the fourth sonata from Johann Heinrich Schmelzer's Sonat unarum fidium are passacaglias on a descending tetrachord, but in uncharacteristic major. If you are a library, university or other organisation that would be interested in an institutional subscription toGramophoneplease click herefor further information. 8 *#184155 - 0.13MB, 5 pp. Esta Edition1038-BIBER:Passacaglia/vl.Max Rostal Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber(1644-1704) 1 . 10 8 5 (1919) and the second movement of the song cycle Das Marienleben (1948), as well as in later works such as the Fifth String Quartet and the Octet for winds and strings. 2 The music of Biber was never entirely forgotten due to the high technical skill required to play many of his works; this is especially true of his works for violin. 6 In his operas, Britten often uses a passacaglia to create the climactic moment of the drama. It is from "Mystery (Rosary) Sonata" composed by H.I.F Biber. - (-)- !N/!N/!N - 13 - TradViolin, Horn 2 (F) 0.0/10 *#735161 - 4.15MB, 48 pp. One of Bach's greatest hits is his Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor. 4 - 4 Corrections? Added the 01-12-2016. 4 It has been widely celebrated by classical music specialised international media, and awarded several prizes. So when we spot and follow an identifiable musical path when we do any musical 'analysis' we inevitably find that we can trace only the faintest outline of what we experience. In 1650 or earlier, Andrea Falconieri published a passacalle movement tre, basso continuo, in Naples. The Glorious Mysteries include the events from the Resurrection to the Assumption of the Virgin and Coronation of the Virgin. 2 They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. 0.0/10 - Performed by Mark Menzies (violin) at the concert 4:7, "It's OK to Auscultate", University of Auckland Music Theatre, 28 May 2021. Once rediscovered, the Mystery Sonatas became Biber's most widely known composition. *#204899 - 0.05MB, 1 pp. 6 Igor Stravinsky used the form for the central movement of his Septet (1953), a transitional work between his neoclassical and serial periods. - - (-)- !N/!N/!N - 3153 - Guifre, Sonata XI in G major, The Resurrection (In this system "middle C" is called C4.). Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644-1704) rests largely on a handful of works. Gaudis plan was limited however, because it is a Roman Catholic church, and, therefore, must follow a Latin Cross plan (Permanyer, 1999)., Suspending Disbelief: Engaging with Mystery *#69095 - 33.22MB, 84 pp. - The realisation of Sonata XI within the volume (score pp.4957 and non-scordatura violin part pp. Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. Arthur Honegger: Sonate (1940) . Nearly all of the sonatas require atypical tuning of the violin so as to make available different so-called double-stops, in which the player draws the bow across two adjacent strings simultaneously so that two notes combine and create unusual blends of tones. (-)- V/V/C* - 4679 - Philip Legge, PDF scanned by ctesibius Scordatura. (-)- !N/!N/!N - 13 - TradViolin, Violins I a passacaglia for unaccompanied violin. Composed by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644-17 (+) (Fidicinium Sacro-profanum). 8 Other examples of passacaille include Les plaisirs ont choisi from Jean-Baptiste Lully's opera Armide (1686) and Dido's Lament, When I am Laid in Earth from Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, the aria Piango, gemo, sospiro by Antonio Vivaldi,[citation needed] or "Usurpator tiranno" and Stabat Mater by Giovanni Felice Sances, et al. *#03114 - 0.12MB, 5 pp. In the French theatre of the 17th and 18th centuries it was a dance of imposing majesty. Musicians have had difficulty defining the two forms. 4 Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas [and Passacaglia], Rosenkranz-Sonaten; Copper-Engraving Sonatas, Passagalia in Gminor. Pages 19 comprise the original 1905 print without the faulty realisations of the violin part; pages 1015 are the revised accompaniment, with a more correct realisation of the. [1] The Mystery Sonatas include very rapid passages, demanding double stops and an extended range, reaching positions on the violin that musicians had not yet been able to play.[2]. 10 (-)- !N/!N/!N - 6661 - Erik Hamrefors, PDF typeset by arranger Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber: Passacaglia. (-)- !N/!N/!N - 59 - TradViolin, Violins II 8 The alternate name Copper-Plate Engraving Sonatas refers to pictures of each of the mysteries that were found in the manuscript of Bibers work. 8 Page visited 174,173 times Powered by MediaWiki [3] Apart from the first and last sonatas, each is written with a different scordatura. 10 Silbiger, Alexander. [4] The two genres are closely related, but since "composers often used the terms chaconne and passacaglia indiscriminately [] modern attempts to arrive at a clear distinction are arbitrary and historically unfounded". 6 (-)- !N/!N/!N - 14 - TradViolin, Bassoon 2 Each sonata is accompanied by an engraving depicting the relevant mystery (Figure 1), and the final passacaglia features an image of the guardian angel, who Chafe (1987) proposes symbolises a link to the spiritual world (Figure, Analysis Of The Mystery, By Heinrich Biber. TH. 2 According to Holman, it is presumed that at the time they would listen to Biber's musical commentary to accompany this ritual of meditation. 6 in E major "Manuel Quiroga", Op. *#204897 - 0.25MB, 3 pp. (-)- V/V/V - 16177 - Tschabrendeki, PDF scanned by D-Mbs 6 Composed by Brahms to conform to the strict metrics of classical dance, British conductor Constant Lambert called the piece "grimly intellectual". 10 2 (-)- !N/!N/!N - 13 - TradViolin, Trumpet 1 (B/C/D) *#735177 - 4.01MB, 53 pp. Historians conjecture that the sonatas were played in Rosary processions: processions to paintings or sculptures depicting the mysteries (while praying the Rosary), similar to the Stations of the Cross. Sheet music file. Elicia Silverstein performs the Passacaglia on baroque violin. - The term passacaglia (Spanish: pasacalle; French: passacaille; Italian: passacaglia, passacaglio, passagallo, passacagli, passacaglie) derives from the Spanish pasar (to walk) and calle (street). 2 . In the New Evangelization, people are longing to encounter Christ spiritually and physically. 6 The Passacaglia would have been performed on the Feast of the Guardian Angels. 10 34. Consequently. By 1795, Beethoven debuted his first piano concerto in Vienna and published the Op. Guifre (2007/1/6), Score transposed one tone down The Mystery Sonatas are not to be confused with Edward Elgars Enigma Variations. You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post. Explore the worlds largest classical music catalogue on Apple Music Classical. The Chalice is a visual representation of the Last Supper. 5: The Twelve-Year-Old Jesus in the Temple, Sonata No. In the Familiaris Consortio, John Paul speaks of three vocations to motherhood, fatherhood and childhood. Generally, the notes of the Passacaglia theme sustain while variations occur above them, requiring great skill on the part of the player. 0.0/10 *#735178 - 4.00MB, 52 pp. passacaglia, (Italian, from Spanish passacalle, or pasacalle: street song), musical form of continuous variation in 3/4 time; and a courtly dance. (-)- !N/!N/!N - 21 - TradViolin, Basses 10 Finished probably in 1676, the bulk of the pieces are violin sonatas on the 15 mysteries of the rosary and are among the most important scordatura works ever written for the violin. Composed in 1676, the Sonatas remained practically undiscovered until their publication in 1905. It is one of the earliest known pieces for unaccompanied violin and is one of two pieces in the set that incorporates normal violin tuning (versus exploratory scordatura). 2 The collection has 3 cycles corresponding to each set of Rosary Mysteries the Joyful, Sorrowful and Glorious Mysteries. *#264319 - 0.06MB, 4 pp. While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. - 0.0/10 10 [1][2] It originated in early 17th-century Spain as a strummed interlude between instrumentally accompanied dances or songs. Download and Print scores from huge community collection ( 1,426,528 and growing) Advanced tools to level up your playing skills. +. 6 *#682167 - 0.12MB, 4 pp. In the Sorrowful Mysteries, Biber uses scordatura tunings that tone down the violin's bright sound, creating slight dissonances and compressing the range from the lowest to the highest string. 6 Oxford: Oxford University Press. In 1684 he became Kapellmeister in Salzburg, where he died twenty years later. Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber's Passacaglia is one of the oldest surviving solo violin works, a distinction no doubt supported by the absoluteness of its musical process: it walks over four notes. In the 11th sonata, The Resurrection, Biber requires the soloist to cross strings below the bridge and in the pegbox, creating a cross on the instrument itself. passacaglia, (Italian, from Spanish passacalle, or pasacalle: "street song"), musical form of continuous variation in 34 time; and a courtly dance. Baroque composers used the two names indiscriminately, writing rondeaux (pieces with recurring refrains) as well as variation forms under both titles (see chaconne). For more information on the traditions surrounding scordatura (cross-tuning) in folk music, see this video: Cross-Tuning on the Fiddle, a.k.a. 8 [6] Manze himself explains that the tendency of modern performers to use a large bass section as accompaniment is counterproductive to "the music's raison d'tre: to evoke an intimate, private atmosphere suitable for prayer and meditation". 10 There's a sureness to the placing of every note, whether poised or bristling with bite. 6 0.0/10 To allow for this balance to occur there needs to be a interplay between content, the challenging, In Ouellets discussion of fecundity, he outlines that in marriage, a couples love is converted into both a sign and instrument for Gods love and therefore they enter into a covenant with God to be open to bearing children. Those books were published by rosary confraternities, groups of devout Catholics who assembled to reflect on the rosary and used such aids as prayers, quotations, and images to facilitate meditation. A passacaglia is a Baroque dance that is a lot like the chaconne. By this he means that the Catholic churches hold stories that transform the ordinary to the extraordinary and a Catholic needs this analogical imagination to understand and feel Gods extraordinary presence in the ordinary world. 2 1 PDF / 1 MP3 / Intermediate to difficult. The collection was dedicated to Bibers employer, Archbishop Maximilian Gandolph von Khuenburg who, according to Biber, strongly advocated devotion to the Rosary. For some of the variations, particularly those with figures that rocket rapidly skyward, Biber does not sustain the notes of the theme, allowing the player ample time to execute the flourishes. [3][4] Although scholars assume that the sonatas were probably written around the year 1676, there is evidence that they were not all written at the same time or in the same context. (-)- V/V/V - 7282 - Irishmaestro, PDF scanned by D-Mbs Biber's 15 Mystery Sonatas were composed in. Biber's Passacaglia in G minor is part of a group of pieces composed either for the Archbishop of Salzburg, Maximilian Gandolph, Count Khenburg (Biber's employer) or the Salzburg Confraternity of the Rosary. - 8 It relies entirely upon patterned thinking, yet always pushes at the very idea of 'pattern'. 10 *#184156 - 0.10MB, 3 pp. Rooted in Biber's longtime employment with the Roman Catholic Church and in the life of the Salzburg court in Austria, they are rare examples of strictly instrumental sacred music. View Official Scores licensed from. [3] It is considered the most "outstanding work of its type before the Bach Chaconne". HD video from our January, 2014, concerts. The question as to whether we are dealing with a "theme and 20 variations" or a set of "21 seems to indicate that the possible reference to a guardian angel in the bass line is a meaningful starting point for giving the work a reading or a hearing. Meanwhile, the melodic part (usually the upper part) freely invents over the top. Sixty-five statements of the descending tetrachord support variations in this continuously developing work. 6 The Golden Chalice situated as the focal point of the poster represents the glass in which Jesus instituted his blood at the last supper to his disciples. The Guardian Angel is divided into four parts: Passacaglia, Adagio, Allegro, Adagio, with a small coda at the end. The Chalice is positioned at the center of the poster because the chalice along with the host is the central hub for spiritual enrichment., The Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas and Passacaglia for solo violin and continuo are a collection of sixteen works written by Heinrich Biber and dedicated to his employer and patron, Archbishop Maximilian Gandolph of Salzburg (Chafe, 1987; Clements, 2001; Holman, 1999). Passacaglia. - 6 Mary (protagonist) used to say the four Hail Mary after she has confessed and for the priest to show that she is forgiven he would tell her to say the four Hail Marys. The Joyful Mysteries depict episodes from the early life of Jesus, from the Annunciation to the Finding in the Temple. 2 - Billed. 8 0.0/10 8 They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. 4 Dr. Dan White (2008) states in his opening sentence of Key Characteristic 1 that, Catholic pedagogy must prepare students to engage with mystery and be open to encounters with the Divine as they explore the realities of their world and secular life experiences. Composed by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber (1644-1704). 2 6, Op. He was first a violinist at the castle of Krom? 4 (-)- !N/!N/!N - 15 - TradViolin, Oboe 2 C 77, Fantasia C 90 - C 105, 15 Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas and Passagalia for solo violin, ?1674 C 106, Pastorella C 107, Sonata in C minor C 108, Sonata in E major C 138-145, Sonat violino solo, 8 sonatas (Nuremberg, 1681) C 146, Sonata violino solo representativa (Representatio Avium), circa 1669 4 For Violin, Cello and Harpsichord. *#48908 - 19.93MB, 154 pp. 0.0/10 15 in C Major 'The Coronation of the Virgin' Biber: Passacaglia for violin solo in G minor (from Mystery Sonatas) 6 6 In the original publication the piece is headed by an illustration of the what is called the Guardian Angel, in this case appearing to a small child. Biber passacaglia. The critical reception of scordatura since the time of Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644-1704) has led to the commonly accepted notion that it is suitable only for vacuous displays of instrumental virtuosity. wrshannon (2012/3/5), Complete Score Adagio - Allegro - Adagio - Presto", "Violin Partita No. [6] In 2004, three new recordings emerged by Andrew Manze, Pavlo Beznosiuk and Monica Huggett, showing new interest in this particular work by Biber. 2 However, they are assembled into a remarkably coherent large-scale form which is also relevant to the Mysteries of the Rosary. 0.0/10 Its structure incorporates a theme and variations centered around its bass line. The last of the Sorrowful Mysteries, the Crucifixion, uses a more sonorous tuning to underline the significance and awesome emotion within the events of Jesus' last hours of pain. (-)- !N/!N/!N - 18 - TradViolin, Joyful Mysteries (Sonatas 1-5) The work is prized for its virtuosic vocal style, scordatura tunings and its programmatic structure. 0.0/10 Biber wrote a large body of instrumental music and is most famous for his violin sonatas, but he also wrote a large amount of sacred vocal music, of which many works were polychoral (the most impressive being his Missa Salisburgensis). 8 8 | as already stated, there are many forms of the passacaglia. (-)- !N/!N/!N - 19 - TradViolin, Violas [1], # This table uses standard Scientific pitch notation to designate octaves. Five sections of similar length are marked off by appearances of the descending tetrachord played alone, grouping the variations thusly: 1-9, 10-19, 20-36, 37-50, and 51-65. It is presumed that the Mystery Sonatas were completed around 1676, but they were unknown until their publication in 1905. - 4 The dances original name survives in the pasacalle, a lively folk dance for couples popular in western South America. 2 10 This thesis is an analysis of the development of new music in occupied Germany from the end of World War Two, on 8 May 1945, until the end of 1946, in terms of the creation of institutions for the propagation of new music, in the form of festivals, concert series, radio stations, educational institutions and journals focusing on such a field, alongside an investigation into technical and . (-)- !N/!N/!N - 14 - TradViolin, Clarinet 1 (B/A) Receive a weekly collection of news, features and reviews, Composer or Director: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber. Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber's "Passacaglia", the last piece of the monumental Rosary Sonatas, is one of the earliest known compositions for solo violin. 4 4 10 2 10 4 (-)- !N/!N/!N - 10103 - Reccmo, Preface *#780092 - 0.65MB, 4 pp. [3] These pieces, as well as others from Italian sources from the beginning of the century, are simple, brief sequences of chords outlining a cadential formula. 0.0/10 %PDF-1.7 % - The prayers being said by the protagonist in the line starting with FourHailMaryfullofgrace also gives emphasis to the point that one of the themes we find in this story is religion and even the setting (church) also depict that what is happening inside is religious and we do know that in reality church is a religious and most respectable place to be. 10 6 One opinion is that the chaconne is a series of variations over a short repeated theme (ostinato) in the bassa basso ostinato, or ground basswhereas in the passacaglia the ostinato may appear in any voice. When they performed this ritual, the faithful also listened to the corresponding biblical passages and commentaries. Passacaglia in G Minor for Violin. Biber used the word mystery in the religious sense of the wordas in the 15 mysteries of the rosary. 8 8 The remaining four Glorious Mysteries are also composed using bright, major scordatura tunings. 4 Sorrowful Mysteries (Sonatas 6-10) - (-)- !N/!N/!N - 20 - TradViolin, Clarinet 2 (B/A) In order to prepare students to encounter the mystery of the divine a Catholic pedagogy must: reflect a fine balance between searching for truth and celebrating truth (DOrsa, 2012). Included with an Apple Music subscription. The original and only manuscript is stored in the Bavarian State Library in Munich. 4 Biber's passacaglia is one of the finest works for violin of the 17th century: Biber spins a dazzling array of variations--in many different affects--over a . 6 - Each part incorporates various virtuosic techniques to show off the capabilities of the violin: arpeggios, chords, runs, and even ricochet (a thrown bow stroke). *#735172 - 4.16MB, 30 pp. This pattern, however, does not delineate the structure of the piece. CORE - Aggregating the world's open access research papers ), multiple double stops, and was a master of scordatura (tuning the violin in intervals other than fifths). 8 Also, he emphasizes Gods presence through stories. 1 PART I, PASSACAGLIA AND ITS RELATED FORMS: BEFORE, DURING, AND AFTER 18. The work is prized for its virtuosic vocal style, scordatura tunings and its programmatic structure. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). For Greeley, it isnt about right worship and praying correctly, it is about the emotional feeling the individual gets when hearing stories of God. 6 Allegro" and more. 0.0/10 [6], He adds that "Manze makes the strongest impression, not only for the interpretive freedom and vitality in his account but also for the elegantly uncluttered arrangement in which he presents the music, with only keyboard accompaniment (and, on one occasion, cello)". Cross-Tuning on the Fiddle, a.k.a. 2 4 (-)- !N/!N/!N - 11 - TradViolin, Timpani 8 10 Even at its simplest, music remains stubbornly irreducible. The central episode of Claudio Monteverdi's madrigal Lamento della Ninfa is a passacaglia on a descending tetrachord. 10 (-)- V/V/V* - 26858 - ctesibius, PDF scanned by ctesibius 6 2: The Visitation (Marys Visit to Elizabeth), Sonata No. 8 That Passacaglia is also included as the final item on an album of music by Bach and other baroque composers performed by Rachel Podger to which it gives the title . Biber was born in, TRACK 5- Heinrich Ignaz Von Biber : Passacaille, Sonates Du known as scordaturathe first sonata and the final passacaglia alone employ the , Results 1 - 10 of 38 This page lists all recordings of Passacaglia for violin solo in G minor from Mystery Sonatas 'The Guardian Angel' by Heinrich Ignaz Franz, BIBER PASSACAGLIA. This is indicated through accompanying materials and seemingly explicit musical gestures that refer to events in the story. In the manuscript each of the 15 sonatas is introduced by an engraving appropriate to the devotion to the Life of Christ and the Virgin Mary. (-)- !N/!N/!N - 1853 - Francisco Esparza, PDF typeset by arranger 2 Analysis: Biber Passacaglia As we've learned in the lesson, in passacaglia form a given bass line, and the harmony that bass line expresses and manifests, repeats strictly. 6. I just don't know if Passacaglia is a competition worthy piece or more of a concert piece. Gaudis decision to work at such a large scale is also because he wanted the church to be seen from anywhere in the city of Barcelona, inviting those who need salvation to come and be saved. His collection of 15 Mystery Sonatas (aka the Rosary Sonatas), are based on the 15 Mysteries of the Rosary: Catholic devotional prayers meant for contemplating the lives of Jesus and Mary.