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The Keyboard Sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti and Eighteenth-Century Musical Style
W. Dean Sutcliffe
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Description for The Keyboard Sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti and Eighteenth-Century Musical Style
Paperback. Investigates one of the greatest yet least understood repertories of Western keyboard music. Num Pages: 416 pages, 3 b/w illus. 86 music examples. BIC Classification: AVH; AVR; AVRG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 171 x 28. Weight in Grams: 706.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521071222
SKU
V9780521071222
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About W. Dean Sutcliffe
W. Dean Sutcliffe is University Lecturer at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of St Catharine's College. He is author of Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 50 (1992) in the Cambridge Music Handbook series and editor of Haydn Studies (Cambridge 1998). He is also co-editor of the Cambridge journal Eighteenth-Century Music, the first issue of which will be published ... Read more
Reviews for The Keyboard Sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti and Eighteenth-Century Musical Style
Review of the hardback: '… this book provides an unparalleled study of these works: their form, musical grammar and idiosyncrasies, and their place in musical history.' The Consort Review of the hardback: 'Sutcliffe is a useful and careful guide to the unsolved puzzles, knows both music and secondary literature thoroughly and has worked hard to take into account all kinds ... Read more