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The Keyboard Sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti and Eighteenth-Century Musical Style Book

This book investigates one of the greatest yet least understood repertories of Western keyboard music: the 555 keyboard sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti. It is the first book-length treatment in English of the sonatas in fifty years and it examines the reasons why this famous body of works, while frequently performed, has not been written about more often The lack of documentary evidence and the composer's position between the so-called Baroque and the Classical periods are crucial factors. Dr Sutcliffe also examines the each individual sonata in unprecedented detail.Read More

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    This investigation of one of the greatest yet least understood repertories of Western keyboard music reveals the reasons why the 555 keyboard sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti have not been written about more often. The lack of documentary evidence and the composer's position between the so-called Baroque and the Classical periods are crucial factors. W. Dean Sutcliffe also examines each individual sonata in unprecedented detail.

  • 0521071224
  • 9780521071222
  • W. Dean Sutcliffe
  • 28 August 2008
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 416
  • 1
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