Italian composer

Domenico Scarlatti Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti, also known as Domingo or Doménico Scarlatti (26 October 1685-23 July 1757), was an Italian composer. He is classified primarily as a Baroque composer chronologically, although his music was influential in the deve ...

(1685–1757) wrote 555 solo keyboard sonatas throughout his career. Circulated irregularly in his lifetime, these are now recognized as a significant contribution which pushed the musical and technical standards of keyboard music.

Editions

This lists the

sonatas Sonata (; Italian: , pl. ''sonate''; from Latin and Italian: ''sonare'' rchaic Italian; replaced in the modern language by ''suonare'' "to sound"), in music, literally means a piece ''played'' as opposed to a cantata (Latin and Italian ''cant ...

for solo

keyboard Keyboard may refer to: Text input * Keyboard, part of a typewriter * Computer keyboard ** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping ** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware Music * Musi ...

(originally intended for

harpsichord A harpsichord ( it, clavicembalo; french: clavecin; german: Cembalo; es, clavecín; pt, cravo; nl, klavecimbel; pl, klawesyn) is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. This activates a row of levers that turn a trigger mechanism ...

clavichord The clavichord is a stringed rectangular keyboard instrument that was used largely in the Late Middle Ages, through the Renaissance, Baroque and Classical eras. Historically, it was mostly used as a practice instrument and as an aid to compositi ...

, or

fortepiano A fortepiano , sometimes referred to as a pianoforte, is an early piano. In principle, the word "fortepiano" can designate any piano dating from the invention of the instrument by Bartolomeo Cristofori in 1698 up to the early 19th century. Mo ...

) by

. The list can be sorted by any of the four sets of catalogue numbers: * K:

Ralph Kirkpatrick Ralph Leonard Kirkpatrick (; June 10, 1911April 13, 1984) was an American harpsichordist and musicologist, widely known for his chronological catalog of Domenico Scarlatti's keyboard sonatas as well as for his performances and recordings. Life ...

(1953; sometimes Kk. or Kp.) * L:

Alessandro Longo Alessandro Longo (31 December 1864 – 3 November 1945) was an Italian composer and musicologist. Early life Longo was born in Amantea. After studying at the Naples Conservatory under Beniamino Cesi (and composition under Paolo Serrao), he ...

(1906) * P:

Giorgio Pestelli Giorgio Pestelli (born 1938) is an Italian musicologist. His 1967 edition of the 555 keyboard sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti purports to correct some anachronisms and provides an alternative numbering system (distinguished by P numbers) to th ...

(1967) * CZ:

Carl Czerny Carl Czerny (; 21 February 1791 – 15 July 1857) was an Austrian composer, teacher, and pianist of Czech origin whose music spanned the late Classical and early Romantic eras. His vast musical production amounted to over a thousand works and ...

Solo keyboard sonatas

See: Yanez Navarro, Celestino: ''Nuevas aportaciones para el estudio de las sonatas de Domenico Scarlatti. Los manuscritos del Archivo de música de las Catedrales de Zaragoza''. Tesis doctoral, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, 2015.

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External links

Domenico Scarlatti: The Keyboard Sonatas
– Lists at Classical.net, sorted by Longo, Kirkpatrick or Pestelli numbers or key, time signature
Scarlatti Domenico: Catalogue
lists original sources for more than 600 keyboard sonatas including many not listed in this article; newly discovered ones and doubtful ones; other lists such as Fadini's edition. That link is now broken. The author died on June 17, 2014. Archived copy of the final May 30, 2014 revision is available here: https://web.archive.org/web/20140914095212/http://chrishail.net/catalogue.pdf Scarlatti Domenico: Catalogue]
Scarlatti: Complete Keyboard Sonatas
including a list of all beginnings as sheet music (PDF)
An iTunes playlist of Scarlatti Sonata recordings
(Select columns from Name to the right, Copy, Open a plain text editor, Paste, Save, Open iTunes, File > Library > Import Playlist) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Scarlatti solo keyboard sonatas Compositions by Domenico Scarlatti, Compositions for keyboard Compositions for harpsichord Sonatas