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Five Keyboard Sonatas: R. 48, 50, 60, 106 and 114 by Antonio Soler, Arranged for Two Guitars

abstract: Arrangements of music from other instruments have always played a key role in expanding the guitar repertoire. This project investigates the life and work of eighteenth-century composer Antonio Soler (1729-1783), specifically his sonatas for solo keyboard. This study carries out a formal inquiry on Soler's influences, including a background of Soler's life and training, his connection with Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757), and an overview of the eighteenth-century sonata in Spain. Timbres, articulations, tessitura, and other aspects of Spanish folk music are discussed as related to Soler's composition style. Five sonatas are analyzed in connection to Spanish folk music, and part of this study's focus was arranging the sonatas for two guitars: R. 48, 50, 60, 106 and 114. An overview of the current arrangements of Soler's sonatas for guitar is included in Appendix A. / Dissertation/Thesis / D.M.A. Music 2014

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:asu.edu/item:25072
Date January 2014
ContributorsCrissman, Jonathan (Author), Koonce, Frank (Advisor), Swartz, Jonathan (Committee member), Norton, Kay (Committee member), Arizona State University (Publisher)
Source SetsArizona State University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeDoctoral Dissertation
Format59 pages
Rightshttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/, All Rights Reserved

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