Domenico Scarlatti, in the preface to his Essercizi per gravicembalo, stated that his compositions were intended as "ingenious banter of Art" to exercise frankness on the harpsichord, rather than profound intentions.
Composer Biography
Manuel Espona, a Spanish composer, took holy orders at the monastery of Montserrat, a significant center for music study in 18th-century Spain, where he later taught Antonio Soler.
Composer Biography
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, a renowned teacher and virtuoso, held the position of organist at Amsterdam's Oude Kerk for about 44 years, starting at age fifteen.
Composer Biography
Lodovico Giustini, born in the same year as Bach, Handel, and Scarlatti, is credited as the first composer to write specifically for the piano.
Composition History
Bach's monumental Goldberg Variations were allegedly composed for Count Hermann Karl von Kaiserling, a Russian ambassador, to help him with insomnia.
Cultural Impact
Baldassare Galuppi, a composer bridging the Baroque and Classical eras, is remembered in literary circles for being immortalised in Robert Browning's poem, 'A Toccata of Galuppi's'.
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