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Scarlattiana<\/strong> [sk\u0251r\u02c8l\u0251t ti\u02c8\u00e6n \u0259] plural noun<\/em> 1. a collection, belonging or pertaining to Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757), renowned Italian composer and harpsichordist.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Portrait of Domenico Scarlatti by Domingo Antonio Velasco (1738)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n
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Recordings of the 500+ Scarlatti Sonatas<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Reader<\/strong>,
Do not expect, be you Dilettante<\/strong> or Professor<\/strong>, to find in these compositions any profound Learning<\/strong>, but rather an ingenious Jesting<\/strong> with the Art<\/strong>, to develop your mastery of the Harpsichord<\/strong>. Neither Considerations of Interest, nor Visions of Ambition, but only Obedience<\/strong> moved me to publish them. Perhaps they will be agreeable to you; then all the more gladly will I obey other Commands<\/strong> to please you in an easier and more varied style. Show yourself then more human than critical, and thereby increase your own Pleasure<\/strong>. To designate the position of the Hands, be advised that D<\/span><\/strong> indicates the Right, and M<\/span><\/strong> the left : Live happily.”<\/p>Domenico Scarlatti<\/strong>
(preface to essercizi per gravicembalo)<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Performed by David Louie on a Portuguese single-manual harpsichord by Robert Hicks after an 1780 instrument by Joze Calisto. 30 Sonatas<\/strong> (Libro 2).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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