Scarlatti Catalog of Keyboard Sonatas in CSV Format

This repository provides a machine-readable CSV file cataloguing Domenico Scarlatti's keyboard sonatas, to facilitate further analyses.

File Format

The manuscripts all contain a .csv file containing the following listing information:

• K (number): Kirkpatrick catalog number of the sonata.

  This file also provides the L (for Longo), P (for Pestelli) and Cz (for Czerny) index equivalents, for informational purposes — even though those catalogs are deprecated or not in use. The file also provides the F index for Emilia Fadini's edition, and the Fl index introduced by Matthew Flannery.

• Key (string): Key in which the sonata is composed.

• Tempo (string): Tempo marking(s), if any, of the sonata or movements of the sonata.

• Signature (string): Time signature(s) of the sonata or movements of the sonata.

  This fields contains the value C for 4/4 (common time) and ¢ for 2/2 (alla breve), otherwise the value for this field is a ratio, such as: 2/4, 3/4, 3/8, 6/8, 12/8.

Sonatas with multiple movements

Some sonatas contain multiple movements: These movements can either have the same key, tempo indication or time signature, or each movement can change these parameters. To encode this:

• When all the movements of a sonata are covered by the same indication (whether of key, tempo, or time signature), then the corresponding field only contains that single value.

• When the movements may have different indications, then the corresponding field contains a semi-colon separated list.

Here are a few examples that cover a number of situations:

K,   L,   P,   CZ,  Key,             Tempo,                                 Signature
...
 88,  36,   8,  — , G  minor,        Grave;Andante moderato;Allegro;Minuet, C;3/8;2/4;3/8
 89, 211,  12,  — , D  minor,        Allegro;Grave;Allegro,                 C;3/4;3/8
...
202, 498, 173, 110, B♭ major,        Allegro;Allegro;Vivo,                  3/8;6/8;3/8
...
205, S23, 171,  — , F  major,        Vivo,                                  ¢;12/8
...
333, 269, 338,  — , D  major,        Allegro;Allegrissimo,                  ¢
...
459, S14, 167,  — , D minor;D major, Allegro;Presto,                        3/8;¢

Indeed:

• Sonatas K. 88, K. 89 and K. 202 are examples of sonatas with multiple movements, each with the same key/mode, but different tempo indications and time signatures;
• Sonata K. 205 is an example of a sonata with different movements that have the same key/mode and tempo indication, but different time signatures;
• Sonata K. 333 is an example of a sonata with different movements that have the same key/mode and time signature, but different tempo indications;
• Sonata K. 459 is an example of a sonata with different movements, and different key/mode, tempo indications and time signatures.

Sources

• Flannery, Matthew (2004). A Chronological Order for the Keyboard Sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757). The Edwin Mellen Press. ISBN 978-0773463363.

• Haile, Chris (2014). Catalogue of sonatas from Scarlatti Domenico: A new look at the keyboard sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti for people who use both sides of their brain. ASIN B072N92R94.

• Kirkpatrick, Ralph (1953). Domenico Scarlatti. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-02708-0.

• Maruyama, Satosi (1998, 2020). Converter for Scarlatti's Works Number. Web. 26 March 2021.

• Wikipedia contributors. Listing of solo keyboard sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 20 Jan. 2021. Web. 25 March 2021.

License

Acknowledgments

This dataset was curated in the context of a 2020–2021 Dataset Curation Grant by Princeton University's Center for Digital Humanities.