The Rosary Sonatas or Mystery Sonatas is a collection
of 15 sonatas or suites for violin and basso continuo
with a closing Passagalia (Passacaglia) for a solo
violin without basso. It was probably written in the
first half of the 1670s.
The source I used while making this edition is a
facsimile of the only known copy, now held in the
Bavarian State Library in Munich with the manuscript
number Mus. Ms. 4123. The transposed version might be
useful for the combination of a violin tuned to A=41...(+)
The Rosary Sonatas or Mystery Sonatas is a collection
of 15 sonatas or suites for violin and basso continuo
with a closing Passagalia (Passacaglia) for a solo
violin without basso. It was probably written in the
first half of the 1670s.
The source I used while making this edition is a
facsimile of the only known copy, now held in the
Bavarian State Library in Munich with the manuscript
number Mus. Ms. 4123. The transposed version might be
useful for the combination of a violin tuned to A=415
and an organ tuned at A=465.
