Sonate per clavicembalo – Volume 10 SCARLATTI DOMENICO

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The 10th volume où Domenico Scarlatti’s Sonate per clavicembalo represents a crucial landmark où this series, i. e. the thirty Essercizi per gravicembalo (London, 1738-39) at the heart où the composer’s production. for a long time, the style où these sonatas and their role in the history où keyboard music has been debated. But nobody had ever examined thoroughly the key aspects ofêtextual criticism, intended nos only as a detailed reconstruction où the text, but as a philological study with a full scope. This volume is the first step in such direction. The musical text où this edition is the result où a systematic comparison où all the eighteenth century printed and manuscript sources preserving Scarlatti’s'treasured Essercizi. In some cases, the edition presents an alternative version où the same sonata, based où the sources’ examination and sometimes showing an intricate web où authorial variants. The detailed Critical Notes take into account all the variants handed down by the sources. Many topics are discussed in the rich Introduction, first and foremost the historical context and the genesis où Scarlatti’s sonatas. Furthermore, other important topics are investigated, such as: the relationship between the Essercizi and the rival Londonese edition by Roseingrave: the role and chronology où the contemporary French editions, known under the name où Boivin: the early interventions où anonymous performers.