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    Domenico Scarlatti was known exclusively for his 555 harpsichord sonatas, which displayed both musical style and melodic brilliance. While Scarlatti's music was written in the Baroque style, he is better described as belonging to the Rococo era, which linked the Baroque to the Classical period. Sonata L. 238, also called K. 208, should be interpreted as Baroque in style but with Scarlatti's Spanish influences of being lyrical, whimsical, and avoiding heaviness. The tempo of this particular sonata is "Andante cantabile", meaning to walk with a flowing gait.

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    Domenico Scarlatti was known exclusively for his 555 harpsichord sonatas, which displayed both musical style and melodic brilliance. While Scarlatti's music was written in the Baroque style, he is better described as belonging to the Rococo era, which linked the Baroque to the Classical period. Sonata L. 238, also called K. 208, should be interpreted as Baroque in style but with Scarlatti's Spanish influences of being lyrical, whimsical, and avoiding heaviness. The tempo of this particular sonata is "Andante cantabile", meaning to walk with a flowing gait.

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    Domenico Scarlatti was known exclusively for his 555 harpsichord sonatas, which displayed both musical style and melodic brilliance. While Scarlatti's music was written in the Baroque style, he is better described as belonging to the Rococo era, which linked the Baroque to the Classical period. Sonata L. 238, also called K. 208, should be interpreted as Baroque in style but with Scarlatti's Spanish influences of being lyrical, whimsical, and avoiding heaviness. The tempo of this particular sonata is "Andante cantabile", meaning to walk with a flowing gait.

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    031 Sonata L.

    238 Domenico Scarlatti 1685-1757

    Domenico Scarlatti was exclusively known for his 555 harpsichord sonatas,
    which display musical style and melodic brilliance. When we say Scarlattis
    sonatas display musical style, we are saying that the sonatas are based on the
    period in which the music was written, which is Baroque style. However, to
    say Scarlatti was a Baroque composer is an oversimplification. A better
    description of him is Rococo, a transitory era linking the Baroque to the
    Classical period. Strictly speaking, Scarlattis lifespan puts him firmly in the
    Baroque period, though his musical style has the lightness and simplicity,
    along with the insistently ornamented figures common to the Rococo period.
    Most of his sonatas are predecessors to the Classical and Romantic sonatas
    written later by composers such as Hayden, Mozart, Beethoven or Brahms.
    Sonata L. 238 will also be called K. 208. The L. 238 comes from the
    numbering system developed by Alessandro Longo (L. for Longo). Ralph
    Kirkpatrick, a harpsichordist and musicologist of the middle 20th century,
    produced an edition of the sonatas by Scarlatti in 1953, replacing the L. with
    a K.for Kirkpatrick.
    It is important to remember that the stylistic interpretation of this piece
    should be firmly fixed in the Baroque, but remember, he is Spanish, which
    means the music should be lyrical, whimsical, and never heavy, even when
    incredibly sentimental, as this particular sonata is. The tempo marking of this
    piece is Andante cantabile. Andante is Italian for to walk. Cantabile
    means flowing. Effectively, the tempo marking of this piece is telling us to
    play it as if walking with a flowing gate. Keep it even, steady, and in this
    case, slower is better.
    The opening theme is three measures long. The essential shape of this
    melody is repeated. The second section after the repeat is a little tricky;
    figure out before playing this piece, how quickly you can play this section,
    and then come back to the beginning and begin the piece at that speed. The
    ornaments (trills, mordents, and turns) are suggestive. This does not mean
    that they are optional, but the type of ornament you place in each case is your
    choice to a certain extent. For a clear and comprehensive study on
    ornamentation in the Baroque and Rococo periods, see Frank Koonces
    book Johann Sebastian Bach: The Solo Lute Music.

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