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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. | ||
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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. | |||
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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. | |||
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A number of people believe music fucking sucks | A number of people believe [[music]] fucking sucks | ||
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Latest revision as of 18:34, 8 October 2024
Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti is[note 1] a badass composer.
History
No one is really sure how Scarlatti did his thing. Musicologists believe that one day he just woke up and decided to music. And thus the scarlatting began. Soon, J.S. Bach heard about his epic music. So did Händel and all the other cool music makers. Hildegard von Bingen heard about Scarlatti and she was like super dead by the time Scarlatti was alive.
Expert(s) believe Scarlatti's name is where we get the current-day musical term "scatting" due to his love of vocal jazz.
555 Sonatas
Scarlatti wrote 555 sonatas[1]. Since he lived for 71 years, this means he wrote 7,82[note 2] 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[2] 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
In Fallout 4, the classical radio plays Scarlatti's Sonata in F minor (K 19), performed by Dubravka Tomšič.
Controversies
A number of people believe music fucking sucks
Notes
References
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yap#English