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== 555 Sonatas == | == 555 Sonatas == | ||
Scarlatti wrote 555 sonatas<ref>IMSLP. (n.d.). Keyboard Sonatas, K.1-555 (Scarlatti, Domenico). IMSLP Petrucci Music Library. Retrieved October 6, 2024, from https://imslp.org/wiki/Keyboard_Sonatas,_K.1-555_(Scarlatti,_Domenico)</ref>. Since he lived for 71 years, this means he wrote 7,82<ref group=note> 3 significant figures.</ref> sonatas per year. He had written approximately 141 sonatas by 18. Mozart might be a child prodigy but Mozart wrote less sonatas. Meanwhile Scarlatti wrote almost 8 sonatas before reaching 1 year old. | Scarlatti wrote 555 sonatas<ref>IMSLP. (n.d.). Keyboard Sonatas, K.1-555 (Scarlatti, Domenico). IMSLP Petrucci Music Library. Retrieved October 6, 2024, from https://imslp.org/wiki/Keyboard_Sonatas,_K.1-555_(Scarlatti,_Domenico)</ref>. Since he lived for 71 years, this means he wrote 7,82<ref group=note> 3 significant figures.</ref> sonatas per year. He had written approximately 141 sonatas by 18. Mozart might be a child prodigy but Mozart wrote less sonatas. Meanwhile Scarlatti wrote almost 8 sonatas before reaching 1 year old. | ||
== Relationships == | |||
=== Friends === | |||
Historical records<ref>https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yap#English</ref> show that Scarlatti was friends with [[Stockhausen]]. Unfortunately, Scarlatti was not a big fan of electronic music. Still, Scarlatti appreciated Stockhausen's experimentation. | |||
=== Enemies === | |||
Scarlatti was too cool to have real enemies. That said, he did find [[Czerny]]'s round glasses to be "goofy ahh". Scarlatti did not need glasses as he possessed perfect vision. He did not understand glasses. | |||
== Trivia == | == Trivia == | ||