Domenico Scarlatti:  Impacting Music Two-Hundred Years Later

 

“Any history of Spanish piano music must by necessity begin with Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757), the noted Italian cembalist who lived most of his productive life as a musician in Spain.  Few Spanish keyboard composers after him have escaped his influence.”

 

Such are the words by scholar and keyboardist Linton Powell, who accurately foreshadowed a major influence on twentieth century Spanish composer, Joaquín Rodrigo.  A proposed lecture as a part of the 8th International Festival of Spanish Keyboard Music, this presentation looks at the similarities between two keyboard compositions:  The Sonata in D Major, K. 119 by Domenico Scarlatti and the Sonata en Re by Joaquín Rodrigo.  A discussion of how Scarlatti perhaps influenced Rodrigo will also ensue.

 

 

Written in the character of Scarlatti, yet under an umbrella of his own modern style, the Sonatas en Re exemplifies Rodrigo’s insistence on portraying his beloved Spain.  The same can be said of Scarlatti and his piano sonatas.  Both composers spent years in Madrid, wrote highly virtuosic works, incorporated folkloric elements into their keyboard compositions and clearly defined the Sonata form.

 

 

This lecture will place these composers side by side, showing how Rodrigo was likely influenced by Scarlatti.  Should a harpsichord (Scarlatti) and piano (Rodrigo) be available, the presenter would like to perform both works to solidify the similarities drawn throughout the presentation.  A CD player will suffice if no instruments are available.

 

 

I thank you in advance for your consideration of this presentation,

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Dena Kay Jones

University of Texas at El Paso

500 W. University Ave.

436 Fox Fine Arts Music Building

El Paso, TX  79968

Email:  dkjones@utep.edu

Fax:  (915) 747-5606

 

 

 

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Domenico Scarlatti:  Impacting Music Two-Hundred Years Later

Dena Kay Jones, piano

 

 

Sonata in A Major, K. 208 (ca. 1738)                                   Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)

Sonata in D Major, K. 119 (ca. 1738)                                                               Approx. 10 minutes

 

 

Sonata XXII                                                         Sebastián de Albero y Ananos (1722-1756)

Sonata XXIII                                                                                                     Approx. 10 minutes

 

 

Sonata in C Major                              Padre José Larrañaga (ca. 1730-1799) Approx. 4:30 minutes

 

 

 

Intermission

 

 

Sonatas de Castilla, con toccata en modo de pregón (1950)     Joaquín Rodrigo (1901-1999)

Toccata en modo de pregón

Sonata

Sonata en Fa sostenido menor

Sonata en Re

Sonata, como un Tiento

Sonata en La

Approx. 26 minutes

 

TT with intermission = 60 minutes