Essercizi per gravicembalo

Essercizi per gravicembalo (Exercises for Harpsichord) is a collection of thirty sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti. It was published in London on 3 February 1739 and dedicated by the composer to King John V of Portugal. The latter summoned the composer to Lisbon to teach his daughter, Barbara of Portugal, to play the harpsichord. The collection bears the Kirkpatrick numbers K.1 to K.30: Twenty-three of these sonatas were adapted in the 1740s into concerto grosso by Charles Avison in his collection, 12 Concerti grossi.

Essercizi per gravicembalo

Essercizi per gravicembalo (Exercises for Harpsichord) is a collection of thirty sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti. It was published in London on 3 February 1739 and dedicated by the composer to King John V of Portugal. The latter summoned the composer to Lisbon to teach his daughter, Barbara of Portugal, to play the harpsichord. The collection bears the Kirkpatrick numbers K.1 to K.30: Twenty-three of these sonatas were adapted in the 1740s into concerto grosso by Charles Avison in his collection, 12 Concerti grossi.