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Timothy Deighton Associate Professor of Music

Book Title: Passacaglia (sheet music)

Author: Heinrich von Biber

Selection Statement:

This is an urtext edition of a 17th century musical composition, originally written for solo violin, and here transcribed for solo viola. The work is basically a series of variations on a recurring two measure theme. Although I have chosen it for its value as an excellent pedagogical resource, it is also a beautiful work of art in its own right.


Year: 2003