Scarlatti D. |  Keyboard Sonata in Dm K.417 organ | sheet music video,
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Date: 08/09/2020

The #KeyboardSonata in D minor K.417 is a #Fuga and can be performed on either the #harpsichord, #organ or #piano and is believed to date from 1754. Free #sheetmusic link: https://plentymusic.uk/short/?c=Mp1LTTP 

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The #Keyboard Sonata in D minor is composed in a style that references the past and the notation in long notes imitates the style of writing associated particularly with the polyphonic lines of church music. It has some beautiful soaring lines and is a great piece of music from both the playing and listening point of view. Domenico Scarlatti did not compose many #fugues and whilst he worked in relative isolation his compositional approach anticipates and looks to the future rather than the past. His father, Alessandro was the one more inclined to compose fugues.

Domenico Scarlatti although born in Italy spent most of his working life employed by the Royal Courts in Portugal and Spain working as a musician, composer and teacher particularly of members of the royal household. His contribution to the repertoire are his 550+ #keyboardsonatas most of which are very inventive pieces in AB binary form. Little of his music was published in his own lifetime.

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