| Summary: | 碩士 === 台南科技大學 === 音樂研究所 === 98 === More than five hundred keyboard sonatas composed by Domenico Scarlatti during his whole life played a decisive role in his artistic creation career, and the originality of the compositions has profound influence in the development of the keyboard music history later on.
Scarlatti took on a position as a keyboard teacher of Portugal princess, Maria Barbara, and composed a large quantity of keyboard compositions for instructing. In 1728, the princess moved to live in Spain as she married with Spanish prince, and Scarlatti was accompanied by the princess. In spite of being an Italian, Scarlatti was influenced gradually with the life in Spain and then integrated the national characteristic of Spanish into his music style spontaneously. He presented a unique music style both in application of harmony and technique performance, and also explored the new field in keyboard music then.
In this study, it will present the background and experience of Scarlatti’s lifetime so as to explore the composer’s creative style and skill in field of keyboard, guide to comprehend the inner implications of the compositions through analyzing six keyboard compositions completely, and finally, express my interpretation and opinions at the end of the study.
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