Classical Music / Composer Dateline: October 26
Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti (26 October 1685 – 23 July 1757), born in Naples, was an Italian Baroque composer and a harpsichord virtuoso. He was the son of renowned composer Alessandro Scarlatti. Domenico spent much of his life in the service of the Portuguese and Spanish royal families. Although classified chronologically as a Baroque composer, his music was influential in the classical style development.
Domenico is featured as a secondary character in José Saramago's Nobel Prize winning novel Baltasar and Blimunda.
Both father and son composed in various musical forms although today Domenico Scarlatti is best known for his harpsichord sonatas. One of the most celebrated harpsichordist of his time, his 550 single-movement sonatas or esercizi (exercises) is considered his best composition.
Below is Scarlatti's "Sonata in F Minor, K 466 (L 118): Andante moderato" by Vladimir Horowitz, one of my favourite interpreters of Scarlatti sonatas. For others interested, I also recomment D. Scarlatti's Sonata K. 141 interpreted by painist Martha Argerich - Here. I've added, February 13, 2016.)
Video Credit:
Vladimir Horowitz plays Scarlatti K 466. YouTube, uploaded by Sylvio1980. Accessed October 26, 2013.
Image Credit:
Domenico Scarlatti. Public Domain.
Resource:
Sadie, Stanley, Ed. The Grove Concise Dictionary of Music. London: Macmillan Publishers, 1994.
(c) 2013-2016. Tel Asiado. Written for Inspired Pen Web. All rights reserved.
Baroque composer Domenico Scarlatti was one of the greatest harpsichordists of all-time.
Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti (26 October 1685 – 23 July 1757), born in Naples, was an Italian Baroque composer and a harpsichord virtuoso. He was the son of renowned composer Alessandro Scarlatti. Domenico spent much of his life in the service of the Portuguese and Spanish royal families. Although classified chronologically as a Baroque composer, his music was influential in the classical style development.
Domenico is featured as a secondary character in José Saramago's Nobel Prize winning novel Baltasar and Blimunda.
Both father and son composed in various musical forms although today Domenico Scarlatti is best known for his harpsichord sonatas. One of the most celebrated harpsichordist of his time, his 550 single-movement sonatas or esercizi (exercises) is considered his best composition.
Below is Scarlatti's "Sonata in F Minor, K 466 (L 118): Andante moderato" by Vladimir Horowitz, one of my favourite interpreters of Scarlatti sonatas. For others interested, I also recomment D. Scarlatti's Sonata K. 141 interpreted by painist Martha Argerich - Here. I've added, February 13, 2016.)
Video Credit:
Vladimir Horowitz plays Scarlatti K 466. YouTube, uploaded by Sylvio1980. Accessed October 26, 2013.
Image Credit:
Domenico Scarlatti. Public Domain.
Resource:
Sadie, Stanley, Ed. The Grove Concise Dictionary of Music. London: Macmillan Publishers, 1994.
(c) 2013-2016. Tel Asiado. Written for Inspired Pen Web. All rights reserved.
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