Carl Heinrich Biber

Carl Heinrich Biber of beavers ( born September 4, 1681 Salzburg, † November 19, 1749 ) was a violinist and composer of the late Baroque.

Life

Carl Heinrich Biber was the eighth of eleven children of Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber and Mary Weiss. He received his musical training, among other things with the Father. 1704 Beaver made ​​an art trip to Venice and Rome, then important centers of music. After his return he was employed as a violinist and valet, in 1714 he was Vice-Kapellmeister at the Salzburg court.

1743 Beaver successor to the late Hofkapellmeister Matthias Sigismund Biechteler (around 1668-1743 ) and was thus superior to Leopold Mozart. In 1746 he was elevated to the rank of Steward. He belonged to a generation of composers, which represents the stylistic break between the old, the late Baroque style Ideal committed generation, and the Rococo.

Cajetan beaver, probably a son of Carl Heinrich Biber was from 1756 Violinist at the Salzburg court, he was mentioned in 1787 in the Salzburg court calendar as a violinist and Antekammera valet.

Work

Being handed down in the Salzburg cathedral archives work includes measuring 20, 17 litanies and Vespers, 14 Offertories, 3 Magnificat, Te Deen 3, 8 Regina Coeli, 3 Miserere and other liturgical works. Biber only known instrumental works are his 31 church sonatas. The latter are usually sonatas for strings and organ accompaniment (one with violino piccolo ), rarely in front of sheet metal or woodwind instruments. However, the works of the prolific writer beaver could not reach the quality of the music of the genius father.