Aspects of Idiomatic Harmony in the Harpsichord Sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti
Description:
Most of Domenico Scarlatti's harmonic progressions are quite orthodox when considered abstractly or free of their positioning in the score. The harmonic movement is given interest by subtle alterations in time; for example, (1) simultaneous upper and lower voices of different lengths, when repeated several times, change their relationship with each other; (2) one voice may be simply delayed so that it lags behind the other voice, thus combining to produce irregular harmonic sound on many succee…
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Date:
June 1961
Creator:
Williams, Wiley John
Partner:
UNT Libraries