Having heard Alberti's name so many times as the patron
saint of broken chords in the bass, I became
curious.
So I ordered some of his keyboard sonatas from the
Library of Congress.
To be honest, I found his work to be mediocre, and I
shared these material with other people, who also found
it to be mediocre. But I thought that these two
particular sonatas were kinda nice, so I copied them
over.
Except for correcting a few notes which seemed to be
mistakes either in the manu...(+)
Having heard Alberti's name so many times as the patron
saint of broken chords in the bass, I became
curious.
So I ordered some of his keyboard sonatas from the
Library of Congress.
To be honest, I found his work to be mediocre, and I
shared these material with other people, who also found
it to be mediocre. But I thought that these two
particular sonatas were kinda nice, so I copied them
over.
Except for correcting a few notes which seemed to be
mistakes either in the manuscript or in the original
publication, and except for yanking out a few C clefs,
I swear to you this file is strictly urtext.
Although I was a little disappointed, I should say a
few words in defense of the poor fellow:
Number one: He lived a short life--from 1710 to 1740.
There is no telling what he could have accomplished if
he survived to a ripe old age.
Number two: His contemporaries said that he was an
excellent singer and an excellent harpsichordist. Many
of us have enough trouble excelling in one skill, let
alone two.
Number three: He wasn't a professional musician anyway.
He was ambassador from Venice to Spain. Somehow, I have
the feeling that he was a darn good diplomat.
