Scarlatti
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Alessandro 1659–1725, Italian composer.
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his son Domenico 1685–1757, Italian harpsichordist, organist, and composer.
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Alessandro (alesˈsandro). ?1659–1725, Italian composer; regarded as the founder of modern opera
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his son, ( Giuseppe ) Domenico (doˈmeːniko). 1685–1757, Italian composer and harpsichordist, in Portugal and Spain from 1720. He wrote over 550 single-movement sonatas for harpsichord, many of them exercises in virtuoso technique
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She performed at local churches and won second place in a statewide contest with a Scarlatti sonata at age 13.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 24, 2025
Beisembayev’s programme spans five centuries, from sonatas by Scarlatti to studies by Ligeti, via Beethoven’s Sonata Op 111 and Stravinsky’s Firebird.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 23, 2021
The music is from two Scarlatti piano sonatas, delicately played onstage by Craig Baldwin.
From New York Times ● Sep. 23, 2021
One piece, to Scarlatti, is already in storage.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 24, 2019
To them, the significance of the developments of Bach, Rameau, and Scarlatti in fingering means nothing.
From Great Pianists on Piano Playing Study Talks with Foremost Virtuosos. A Series of Personal Educational Conferences with Renowned Masters of the Keyboard, Presenting the Most Modern Ideas upon the Subjects of Technic, Interpretation, Style and Expression by James Francis Cooke
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