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Sonata K. 455 (F.399/L.209) in G major is a piano work by Italian composer Domenico Scarlatti.

Description

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Sonata K. 455 in G major is part of a couplet with the previous sonata. Joyful and extroverted, it is one of four sonatas based on the principle of repeating notes[1] in the right hand, along with sonatas K. 141 (toccata), 366, and 421[2].


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%% les petites notes
trillFis = { \tag #'print { fis2.\prall } \tag #'midi { g16 fis g fis~ fis4~ fis4 } }

upper = \relative c'' {
  \clef treble 
  \key g \major
  \time 2/2
  \tempo 2 = 112
  \set Staff.midiInstrument = #"harpsichord"

   s8*0^\markup{Allegro}
   \repeat unfold 2 { d'4 d, r8 d8 e c } | d'4 d,8 d' d c d, c' | c b d, b' b a c, a' | 
   % ms. 5
   a8 g b, g' g fis a, fis' | g d b g b d g b | d d, d d' d c d, c' | c b d, b' b a c, a' | a8 g b, g' g fis a, fis' |
   % ms. 10 
   g8 d b g d b s4 | d'8 c c b b a a g | fis2 r2 | d'8 c c b b a a g | \repeat unfold 4 { d' cis cis d  d cis cis d } | 
   % ms. 18
   cis2. a'4 | \trillFis e8 d | e2. a4 | \trillFis e8 d | e4 a fis e8 d | a4 a' fis e8 d | a \repeat unfold 7 { a } | 
   % ms. 25
   d \repeat unfold 7 { a } | e' \repeat unfold 7 { a, } | fis' \repeat unfold 7 { a, } | g' \repeat unfold 7 { a, } | a' a, a a b' b, b b | 

}

lower = \relative c'' {
  \clef bass
  \key g \major
  \time 2/2
  \set Staff.midiInstrument = #"harpsichord"

    % **************************************
      \clef treble  g4 a b c | g a b c | g b a fis | g  \clef bass g, d' d, | g g, d' d, | g,1 | r4 \clef treble b'''4 a fis | g  \clef bass g,4 d' d, | g g, d' d, |
      % ms. 10
      g,4 r4 r4 g''8 d | g,2 c' | d8 c c b b a a g | fis2 g | \clef treble < d' fis >4 e fis d | 
      % ms. 15
      < e g >4 fis g e | < fis a >4 g a fis | gis a b gis | a8 gis gis a  a gis gis a | d, cis cis d  d cis cis d | 
      % ms. 20 
      \clef bass a8 gis gis a  a gis gis a | d, cis cis d  d cis cis d | a8 b cis a d e fis g | a b cis a d e fis g | a4 a, a g | 
      % ms. 25
      << { a1 a1 a1 } \\ { fis4 e fis d | cis b cis a | d e fis d | e fis g e | fis d g g, } >>

}

thePianoStaff = \new PianoStaff <<
    \set PianoStaff.instrumentName = #""
    \new Staff = "upper" \upper
    \new Staff = "lower" \lower
  >>

\score {
  \keepWithTag #'print \thePianoStaff
  \layout {
      #(layout-set-staff-size 17)
    \context {
      \Score
     \override SpacingSpanner.common-shortest-duration = #(ly:make-moment 1/2)
      \remove "Metronome_mark_engraver"
    }
  }
}

\score {
  \keepWithTag #'midi \thePianoStaff
  \midi { }
}
First 29 measures of K. 455, by Domenico Scarlatti.


The main manuscript is Venice XI/2 (1756), copied for Maria Barbara; the others are Parma XIII/2 and Münster II/48[3].

Performers

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Sonata K. 455 has been performed on the piano by Vladimir Horowitz (1946, RCA ; 1962, Sony), Christian Zacharias (1979, EMI), Ievgueni Soudbine (2004, BIS), Yuja Wang (2011, DG), and Orion Weiss (2013, Naxos, vol. 15).

On the harpsichord, it has been recorded by Ralph Kirkpatrick (1971, Archiv), Colin Tilney (1979, L'Oiseau-Lyre/Decca), Scott Ross (1985, Erato)[4], Andreas Staier (1991, DHM), and Christophe Rousset (1997, Decca).

Notes and References

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  1. ^ Chambure 1985, p. 224.
  2. ^ Kirkpatrick 1982, p. 216.
  3. ^ Kirkpatrick 1982, p. 472.
  4. ^ Laspière, Victor Tribot (2018-07-17). "Au Château d'Assas, sur les traces de Scott Ross et de Scarlatti". France Musique (in French). Retrieved 2019-09-18.

Sources

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Primary sources
Secondary sources
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{{Domenico Scarlatti}}

455 Catégorie:Œuvre en sol majeur