Soler, Antonio

International Music Score Library Project [IMSLP] entry: Antonio Soler

Padre Antonio Soler [1729-1783] was a Spanish (Catalan) composer best known for his keyboard sonatas, who may have been a pupil of Domenico Scarlatti. His work is structurally similar to that of Scarlatti, but is much less well-known, and shows something of the transition from the Baroque era [Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Scarlatti, ...] to the Classical [Mozart, Haydn, ...] in his style. The keyboard pieces can be played on the organ or forte-piano, but sound best on the harpsichord.

Piece	MP3	Midi	Genre
Sonata in D major, R.84		MIDI	harpsichord classical
	This sonata, number 84 in the Rubio catalogue, is marked Allegro. Sequenced in 2017 and 2020 primarily from the IMSLP copy, but I took a few hints from the performance by Rafael Puyana on an LP in my collection.
Sonata in C# minor, R.21		MIDI	harpsichord classical
	This sonata, number 21 in the Rubio catalogue, is marked Allegro. Sequenced in 1997 from a library copy, in turn taken from XXVII Sonata Para Clave Por el Padre Fray Antonio Soler, Que ha Impresso Roberto Birchall, No 133, New Bond Street. This seems to have been taken from a copy dated 1796 in the Fitzwilliam Museum (Cambridge). Influenced by the performance by Rafael Puyana on an LP in my collection.

For more information about MP3 and Midi files, and especially for why they may not work well, or even at all, on your computer, tablet, smartphone or browser, see here.
To see/hear pieces sorted by genre, click on a link under Genre.
To go back to the full list of pieces, click here.
Where applicable, the link above under Wiki entry will give you a biography of the composer; and the IMSLP link is to a page with available scores and online performances relating to the composer.
For general information about copyright and performance restrictions, see here.

Andy Walker, anw [at] cuboid4.me.uk [remove digit to construct address]