Domenico Scarlatti – Sonata in D minor, K 64/L.58/P.33

I have a bunch of earnings reports to read and as I work from home, I can’t get Scarlatti’s Sonata in D minor, K.64 / L. 58 / P. 33 out of my head. He wrote it sometime around the year 1740 and it was printed in Volume II of a book of keyboard sonatas he published in 1742. Harpsichord, clavichord, piano, guitar … it just sounds so catchy no matter the instrument on which it is performed.

What is crazy is how simple it is. I mean, look at the sheet music … It’s nothing so complex as La Marche de Scythes, which is a masterpiece, or one of my favorite pieces of music of the past 500+ years, Domine, ad adjuvandum me festina. Yet, it has its own charm.

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Reader Comments (2)

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Andrew

October 27, 2024

Joshua, great piece. Do you and Aaron ever jam with other musicians and improvise? You mentioned some other instruments for the kids to play with in another post or comment. Are they drawn to any particular one?

Nick

November 1, 2024

Suprised you haven't written anything on politics in the past few years!