Domenico Scarlatti: 30 Sonatas

Domenico Scarlatti: 30 Sonatas
Author: Fabio Zanon
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
Total Pages: 101
Release: 2012-07-12
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1619113066

An exact contemporary of Bach and Handel, Domenico Scarlatti was already a celebrated composer in Italy by the time he moved to Portugal. Later he traveled to Spain, where he worked as a harpsichord instructor for Princess Maria Barbara. The lessons he wrote for her are among the most imaginative and unpredictable pieces from the whole baroque period. His music translates very well to the guitar, an instrument where his style is completely at home. This set of 30 sonatas transcribed by acclaimed guitarist Fabio Zanon includes new transcriptions of all-time favorites and some rarer ones as well.

30 Sonatas for Harpsichord

30 Sonatas for Harpsichord
Author: Sebasti‡n de Albero
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 150
Release: 2015
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1329660285

The 30 Sonatas of Sebastián de Albero (1722-1756), who worked for the Spanish court in Madrid along with Italian-born Domenico Scarlatti and fellow-Spaniard Antonio Soler, is a remarkable contribution to the vital Iberian keyboard literature of the 18th century. Lively, colorful, melancholy - with the Spanish-style harmonic and melodic inflections, irregular phrases, dissonances, and ingenious modulations characteristic of the best work of his contemporaries - Albero's 30 Sonatas displays his distinctive personality. While enriching the repertoire of pianists and harpsichordists, Albero's work affords new insights into the vivid and expressive music of the Iberian keyboard tradition, as well as many hours of delightful music for performance and practice. The 30 Sonatas are newly edited from the manuscript source, clearly typeset and formatted for optimal page turns, and prefaced with a biographical and editorial introduction in English, Spanish, French, and German.

The Cambridge Companion to Bach

The Cambridge Companion to Bach
Author: John Butt
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 348
Release: 1997-06-26
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780521587808

The Cambridge Companion to Bach, first published in 1997, goes beyond a basic life-and-works study to provide a late twentieth-century perspective on J. S. Bach the man and composer. The book is divided into three parts. Part One is concerned with the historical context, the society, beliefs and the world-view of Bach's age. The second part discusses the music and Bach's compositional style, while Part Three considers Bach's influence and the performance and reception of his music through the succeeding generations. This Companion benefits from the insights and research of some of the most distinguished Bach scholars, and from it the reader will gain a notion of the diversity of current thought on this great composer.

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

The Keyboard Sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti and Eighteenth-Century Musical Style
Author: W. Dean Sutcliffe
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 414
Release: 2008-08-28
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1139441094

W. Dean Sutcliffe investigates one of the greatest yet least understood repertories of Western keyboard music: the 555 keyboard sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti. Scarlatti occupies a position of solitary splendour in musical history. The sources of his style are often obscure and his immediate influence is difficult to discern. Further, the lack of hard documentary evidence has hindered musicological activity. Dr Sutcliffe offers not just a thorough reconsideration of the historical factors that have contributed to Scarlatti's position, but also sustained engagement with the music, offering both individual readings and broader commentary of an unprecedented kind. A principal task of this book is to remove the composer from his critical ghetto (however honourable) and redefine his image. In so doing it will reflect on the historiographical difficulties involved in understanding eighteenth-century musical style.

The Sonata

The Sonata
Author: Thomas Schmidt-Beste
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2011-03-10
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0521762545

An introductory survey of the most enduring and popular genre of instrumental music, perfect for students, teachers and performers.

Guide to Sonatas

Guide to Sonatas
Author: Melvin Berger
Publisher: Anchor
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2011-08-10
Genre: Music
ISBN: 030775488X

With the same authority, insight, and unique ability to bring music to life on the printed page that he brought to his Guide to Chamber Music, Melvin Berger gives us an indispensable guide to the sonata form. Comprehensive, analytical, and historical, including descriptions in nontechnical language of over two hundred of the best best-known sonatas, Guide to Sonatas is designed to help all music lovers−casual listeners, experienced concertgoers, performers, conductors, or teachers−deepen their understanding and enhance their enjoyment of the classical repertoire.

A History of the Sonata Idea

A History of the Sonata Idea
Author: William S. Newman
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Total Pages: 924
Release: 2018-01-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1469643731

This definitive volume, the second, largest, and most central in Newman's History of the Sonata Idea, covers the period from the first sample Italian sonatas using the new techniques of the Alberti bass about 1735 to the succession of masterpieces by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven which extended until about 1820. It is one of the few books to deal exclusively with the classical era in music. Originally published in 1963. A UNC Press Enduring Edition -- UNC Press Enduring Editions use the latest in digital technology to make available again books from our distinguished backlist that were previously out of print. These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

Mozart

Mozart
Author: Otto Erich Deutsch
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Total Pages: 698
Release: 1966-06-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780804702331

A Stanford University Press classic.

Five Centuries of Keyboard Music

Five Centuries of Keyboard Music
Author: John Gillespie
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 514
Release: 2013-04-09
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0486318796

Gillespie discusses 350 composers and their works for harpsichord and piano, including Bach, Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, and Debussy. Includes 116 musical examples, illustrations, and a glossary of musical terms.