O dulcis Jesu
Geistliches Konzert
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Violin (untuned), voice solo, basso continuo
SKU: CA.1036200
Geistliches Konzert. Composed by Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber. This edition: Paperbound. Sacred concerts, Sacred vocal music. German title: O dulcis Jesu. Sacred concertos, Sacred vocal music. Full score. 28 pages. Carus Verlag #CV 10.362/00. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.1036200).ISBN 9790007091224. Language: all languages.
The anonymous sacred concerto O dulcis Jesu is a setting of a text of baroque mysticism. The music very probably originated among the circle associated with Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber. Especially noteworthy is the close relationship between the meaning of the words and the music: the mystical topos, the "bitter sweetness" of the desire to be wounded by the arrow of divine love and to die with Jesus, is represented ideally by the pale, basic tonality of E minor and the contrast provided by the scordatura, the unusual tuning of the violin. This is a bold, extravagant, highly "baroque" piece!