Domenico Scarlatti
Ralph Kirkpatrick (Author)
Again available in paperback, this definitive work on the genius of Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) is the result of twelve years of devoted effort by America's foremost harpsichordist and one of the principal authorities on eighteenth-century harpsichord music. Mr. Kirkpatrick traveled extensively to collect material that has tripled the known facts about Scarlatti's life, providing the first adequate biography of one of the greatest harpsichord composers of the eighteenth century and one of the most original composers of all time. The second half of his book is an illuminating study of Scarlatti's 555 sonatas, concluding with a chapter on their performance. The book contains extensive appendixes, including discussions of ornamentation and Scarlatti's vocal music, and an updated section of addenda and corrigenda
1 online resource (xix, 473 pages : illustrations, 1 genealogical table, music
9780691216140, 0691216142
1148926454
The fledgling
The young eagle
Roman patrimony
Church and theater
Lisbon patriarchy
The Spanish scene
The reign of the Melomanes
Royal sonatas
Scarlatti's harpsichord
Scarlatti's harmony
The anatomy of the Scarlatti sonata
The performance of the Scarlatti sonatas
"First Princeton paperback printing."
Includes appendices: The Scarlatti family; Documents, chronologically arranged, concerning Domenico Scarlatti and his offspring; Documents concerning instruments; Ornamentation in Scarlatti; Keyboard works; Vocal music; Miscellaneous, doubtful, and spurious works; Catalogue of sonatas and table of principal sources in approximately chronological order; Table of sonatas in the order of Longo's edition
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010