Scarlatti Arrangements

Sonata in D (K. 119); Sonata in E (K. 215)
Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-19-337174-3
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Sonstiges, Englisch, 0 Seiten, Gewicht: 10 g

for violin, viola, cello, double bass, and piano
These arrangements of two keyboard sonatas by Scarlatti are stylish and approachable. The first sonata is vivacious and dance-like and the second is slower, more restrained and melodic in character with equally varied writing for all instruments.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Butler, Martin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikinstrumente Saiteninstrumente
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikinstrumente Tasteninstrumente
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Geschichte der Musik Geschichte der Musik: Klassische Musik des 20./21. Jahrhunderts

Über Autor(innen)

Martin Butler was born in Romsey, England, in 1960 and studied at the University of Manchester and the Royal Northern College of Music. In 1983 he received a Fulbright Award for study at Princeton University, USA, where he was resident until 1987. From 1998-1999 Martin was Composer-in-Residence at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton in the United States. He is currently Professor of Music at the University of Sussex. Butler's works are widely performed and
broadcast both in the UK and abroad.