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The Research Of D. Scarltti Piano Sonatasmusic Stylea And Play Techniques

Posted on:2013-02-27Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X Z LiuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2235330374469677Subject:Music
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The Baroque period was the infancy of the modern musical civilization, the keyboard music of this period was also in rapid development. Piano Music was a service to religion, the court performance venues were mostly churches and palaces. Domenico Scarlatti was late Baroque Italy’s most famous composer, ancient pianist, and educator. The creation of his life involved in the genre was very broad-opera, Missa Cantata, Concerto etc. and eventually earned him the reputation of the great composer, and laid him in the Western music history. His Portugal Maria Barbara princess includes more than five hundred pieces of keyboard sonatas. Precisely because his special contribution of music in Western history. Scarlatti, Bach, and Handel were known as "The three masters of Baroque".In recent years, with the continuous development of the piano art, various types of piano works abound. But we can’t find so many related literature that describes the life of Domenico Scarlatti. This essay is focused on the piano keyboard sonatas, as a comprehensive study of his work. Through our collection of sonata’s materials, and literature, we have investigated the characteristics and features of the style of his piano works. This article for piano teaching and the promotion of Scarlatti’s sonatas provided some available information for our reference. The full text consists of three parts. In the first part, an overview of Scarlatti’s life and his works in entirety. This research was based on his life and the historical background of that era. We compared him with the other contemporary composers, to find how their works affected Scarlatti’s creative genius. In the second part. The research of Scarlatti’s overall style we classified his works in order to trace the sources of his inspiration, and formation of his overall style. In the third part, skills of Scarlatti sonata’s features, we were able to classify the different skills and approaches to his works, in order to grasp his creative ideals, as well as his performance techniques. In conclusion, we need to clarity his influence of the future.Scarlatti develop the playing skills of the keyboard instrument, the great piano master Horowitz said:"As a composer, I do not know where he came from, he venture to find different ways to use harmony and Rhythm, this make him became the most ingenious composers in this century. He is a master "that we called him the great comedy." He was deeply influenced by music from fork of Italy and Spain. He didn’t copy them, but to invent new things and add more musical languages, forming a unique style of music, opened up a new road for future generations musicians.
Keywords/Search Tags:Domenico Scalatti, sonata, play techniques
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