 | Alberti, Domenico - Two Keyboard Sonatas Keyboard (piano, harpsichord or organ) |
| Composer : | Alberti, Domenico (1710 - 1746) | ||||
| Instrumentation : | Keyboard (piano, harpsichord or organ) | ||||
| Style : | Classical | ||||
| Arranger : Publisher : | Robertson, Thomas (1948 - ) | ||||
| Date : | 1710-1740 | ||||
| Copyright : | Public Domain | ||||
| Added by thomas-robertson, 09 May 2022 Having heard Alberti's name so many times as the patron saint of broken chords in the bass, I became curious. So I ordered some of his keyboard sonatas from the Library of Congress. To be honest, I found his work to be mediocre, and I shared these material with other people, who also found it to be mediocre. But I thought that these two particular sonatas were kinda nice, so I copied them over. Except for correcting a few notes which seemed to be mistakes either in the manuscript or in the original publication, and except for yanking out a few C clefs, I swear to you this file is strictly urtext. Although I was a little disappointed, I should say a few words in defense of the poor fellow: Number one: He lived a short life--from 1710 to 1740. There is no telling what he could have accomplished if he survived to a ripe old age. Number two: His contemporaries said that he was an excellent singer and an excellent harpsichordist. Many of us have enough trouble excelling in one skill, let alone two. Number three: He wasn't a professional musician anyway. He was ambassador from Venice to Spain. Somehow, I have the feeling that he was a darn good diplomat. Source / Web : | Pentatonic Music Collection | | |||
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