Catalogue

The catalogue contains listings, or at least a mention, of all the keyboard sonatas thought to have been composed by Domenico Scarlatti, as well as many attributed to him in eighteenth century sources. For a more complete list of doubtful ones, as well as fuller information on all the sources used, see the Collections file.

Each entry has a map of themes and keys, with the measure numbers in which they first appear, followed by notes and citations.

The catalogue is arranged in alphabetical and numerical order by primary source. The primary source, as I have defined it, is the one upon which the maps and notes are based; this means that in most cases I am describing the sonata as it appears in the Parma and Essercizi facsimiles in the Johnson reprint edition compiled by Kirkpatrick, with other sources labeled when they differ from the primary source. In most cases it is the same primary source identified in Sheveloff's worklist for New Grove 1980; this was expanded in Boyd's worklist for Grove music online 2000+: Essercizi 1 to 30, Parma 1:1 to 15:42 and miscellaneous other collections not duplicated by Essercizi or Parma.

Sonata numbers in the Parma and Venezia libri correspond to calendar dates (for example P12:25 F is an appropriate sonata for Christmas; see name days in the Capriccio file for more)  See the Conversion file for a complete Calendar for 2012 with Parma, Venezia and Kirkpatrick numbers. 

In the Catalogue of Scarlatti sonatas (pdf file), variant versions for individual Scarlatti sonatas are identified by their source following the corresponding primary version, for example P6:13 variant: V42:11 (with a cross-reference in the Catalogue from V42:11 to P6:13)

The catalogue can be searched by Kirkpatrick number (use k before the number) or by other source such as Venezia or Münster by volume and number; example: k191 or Venezia 2:20 will fetch Parma 4:15. A list of Kirkpatrick numbers with corresponding primary sources is also given in the Conversion file.

Brief citations of sources of information on the sonatas in this and other files are given: author's name in italics and page number; fuller bibliographic information is given in the Citations file.