Giovanni Battista Draghi detto Pergolesi

[visitor]

what's the deal, am I missing something? Really dig the music, but no solo piano stuff, I like collaborative piano as much as the next closet accompanist, but would really like a nice classical sonata or similar, is such an animal out there or am I out of luck?

ie lots of pretty little things like this out there, makes my frustrated that I cannot find a keyboard solo

[dcstudio]

I really love his Stabat Mater  

Pergolesi rocks--  this is one of my favorite performances--it features countertenor Larry Zazzo--you will recognize the tune from the movie Amadeus

THIS IS AWESOME BAROQUE VOCAL MUSIC  do yourself a favor and listen.

and every accompanist has played his se tu mam'i--if you have a decent vocalist--this one will give you chills.  It's part of the standard rep for classical singers

 but Pergolesi died in 1736--just a few years shy of the end of the Baroque period--so you would be hard pressed to find a classical sonata among his works--and there were no pianos--that was for harpsichord---maybe he didn't feel that instrument worthy.  It was simply the continuo..

unless you do a lot of accompanying you could play your whole life and never know of him--and his music is simply exquisite  

[ianw]

In the 13,000+ entries in the database at www.pianosyllabus.com there's precisely one for Pergolesi - the allegro from Sonata No. 7.  There's also a link to a Youtube clip.  See https://www.pianosyllabus.com/detail.php?ref=12131.

[dcstudio]

In the 13,000+ entries in the database at www.pianosyllabus.com there's precisely one for Pergolesi - the allegro from Sonata No. 7.  There's also a link to a Youtube clip.  See https://www.pianosyllabus.com/detail.php?ref=12131.

Sonata no 7 is for flute and piano accomp...the allegro features the piano solo--  which was originally harpsichord... 

I mean I guess that qualifies...as a solo work for keyboard--1 mvmt anyway...   

I get the feeling he didn't like the sound of the harpsichord as a solo instrument...or ... he didn't like whomever it was playing it for him...   "no solo for you!"