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

ISBN: 9780521071222 (0521071224)
Edition Type: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Pages: 416
Date Published: 28th Aug 2008

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Preface
1. Domenico Scarlatti the interesting historical figure
2. Panorama
3. Heteroglossia
4. Syntax
5. Irritations
6. 'Una Genuina Musica de Tecla'
7. Formal Dynamic
Finale.

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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.

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