L'estro Armonico Essays

1. D. Scarlatti (1685 – 1757) Sonata in G Minor K.426 Sonata in G Major K.427 The Italian composer Domenico Scarlatti, son of equally renowned composer Allesandro, wrote 555 sonatas for keyboard (mostly for harpsichord or fortepiano) during his lifetime. The letter K. before the number of the work stands for Ralph Kirkpatrick who produced a chronological edition of the sonatas in 1953. All of Scarlatti’s sonatas are single movement works, mostly in binary form, and these two sonatas

During the past decades, music had been essential in human life. Throughout the years music had evolved through it. Classical music had have been existing for a lifetime, during the Baroque Era (1600-1750), exceptional composers were developed. Two of the most famous composers of this era, who changed the world of classical music are; Arcangelo Corelli and Antonio Vivaldi, both Italian composers. Arcangelo Corelli was born on February 17th, 1653, Fusignano, Italy. Named Arcangelo after his father

Introduction In early 18th century Venice there lived a red-haired priest named Antonio Lucio Vivaldi. Traveling with an entourage that nearly always included his elderly father, he oversaw the performance of operas and instrumental pieces that have come to define classical music as we now know it. Vivaldi was born on March 4th, 1678 and died on July 28th, 1741. He was many things, an Italian Baroque composer, virtuoso violinist, teacher and cleric. He was an Italian priest and composer during the