PADRE ANTONIO SOLER Spanish Composer (1729-1783) Padre Antonia Soler free midi download

PADRE ANTONIO SOLER
3^rd December 1729 --- 20^th December 1783

Padre Antonia Soler (1729-1783), Escorial Monastery, near Madrid, most important composer of instrumental and church music in
Spain in the late 18th century.

Soler was educated at the choir school of Montserrat and at an early age was made chapelmaster at Lérida Cathedral. In 1752 he
joined the Order of St. Jerome (Hieronymites) and became organist at the Escorial Monastery. One of the most notable keyboard
performers of his time, he taught both organ and harpsichord to members of the royal family. He himself a student of Domenico
Scarlatti, whose influence may be perceived in the lively keyboard technique, the form, and the frequently unexpected harmonic
progressions of Soler's numerous harpsichord sonatas and also in some of his organ works.

He wrote much church music, in which he often indulged a taste for intricate canons, incidental music for plays by Calderón and
others, six quintets for organ and strings, and six concerti for two organs. He also wrote a work on musical theory, Llave de la
Modulación (1762), which was much discussed by his contemporaries. His experiments with microtones led him to invent, for the
purpose, a keyboard instrument called the afinador.
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(1474)"Sonata No.91 in C Major, Movement 1". Sequenced by Derek Yee
(1475)"Sonata No.91 (Allegro di Molto)". Sequenced by Derek Yee
(1476)"Sonata No.91c (Minuetto 2 Allegro)". Sequenced by Derek Yee
(1477)"Sonata No.91d (Allegro Pastoril)". Sequenced by Derek Yee
(1478)"Sonata No.92 in D Major, Mov.1". Sequenced by Derek Yee
(1479)"Sonata No.92 in D Major, Mov.2". Sequenced by Derek Yee
(1480)"Sonata No.92 in D Major, Mov.3". Sequenced by Derek Yee
(1481)"Sonata No.92 in D Major, Mov.4". Sequenced by Derek Yee
(1482)"Sonata No.93 in F Major, Mov.1". Sequenced by Derek Yee
(1483)"Sonata No.93 in F Major, Mov.2". Sequenced by Derek Yee
(1484)"Sonata No.93 In F Major, Mov.3". Sequenced by Derek Yee
(1485)"Sonata No.93 In F Major, Mov.4". Sequenced by Derek Yee
(598)"Sonata No.95 in A Major, Mov.1". Sequenced by Derek Yee

(599)"Sonata No.95 in A Major, Mov.2". Sequenced by Derek Yee

(600)"Sonata No.95 in A Major, Mov.3". Sequenced by Derek Yee

(601)"Sonata No.95 in A Major, Mov.4". Sequenced by Derek Yee

(1473)"Sonata in F Sharp". Sequenced by Ray Izumi
(597)"Sonata No. 84", Sequenced by Joe Turner

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