Scarlatti D. | Keyboard Sonata in E K.162 sheet music video
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Date: 07/02/2021

Domenico Scarlatti's #KeyboardSonata in E K.162 is an appealing #sonata with contrasting sections and tempi. Free #sheetmusic link:  https://plentymusic.uk/short/?c=2zGs6FP 

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The ornaments have been notated in full where appropriate and whilst the articulation markings are indicated much of the score detail including the dynamics has been hidden simply because graphics behave inconsistently in this score format. A challenging sonata to perform from the “managing” tempo point of view. In the video score the tempos used in each of the sections are indicated. The repeats whilst marked in the video score are not played.

It is a binary form sonata (AB) but each of the main sections is divided into sections of contrasting tempo and different musical content. The A section of the sonata opens with a melodic sixteen bars that features imitative counterpoint and a triplet figuration which is a strong feature of the movement as a whole. This is succeeded by a slightly faster section again quite melodic before in turn being followed by 12 bars of fast moving two part part counterpoint. The B section opens  with a 20 bars of music  in the same tempo which introduces some musical development anticipating some of the features found in this part of the classical sonata. The shape of the music then returns to the character and format of the opening of the sonata closing with a fast two part section mirroring the closing of the A section. The B section as a whole is longer than the A section so the work does not have the symmetry of many of the keyboard sonatas but it does show the composer expanding or at least experimenting with the formal patterns of his music. As in most #baroque keyboard sonatas by #DomenicoScarlatti played on the #piano a light keyboard touch is required and the sustaining pedal can be used at the ends of the main sections. Right and left hand fingering needs to be secure particularly in the fast sections.