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Antonio Soler
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Antonio Francisco Javier José Soler Ramos (baptised 3 December 1729 - 20 December 1783) was a Catalan composer. He was born in Olot in Girona, Catalonia. He studied composition and the organ as a child, when, at age six, he entered the choir of the Monastery of Montserrat. In 1744 he was appointed organist at the cathedral in Seo de Urgel and appointed as a subdeacon there. Later in his life, he held posts as chapel master in Lleida and El Escorial. He took Holy Orders at the age of 23 and his routine at the Escorial, near Madrid, was a simple one for the next 31 years. His 20 hour days were filled with prayer, contemplation and farming - a simple and unadorned life. Yet Soler managed to produce more than 500 musical works in these austere surroundings. Amongst these were around 150 keyboard sonatas - many were believed to have been written for his music pupil, the Infante Don Gabriel, a son of King Carlos III. No portraits of Soler are known to exist. His best known works are the keyboard sonatas, which are comparable to those by Domenico Scarlatti (with whom he is rumoured to have studied). Soler's works are more varied in form than Scarlatti's, however, with some pieces in three or four movements, for example (Scarlatti's are in one or two). Fortunately, these sonatas were catalogued in the early twentieth century by Fr. Samuel Rubio and so all have 'R' numbers assigned to them. Soler also wrote concertos, quintets for organ and strings, motets, masses and pieces for s
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Sonata No. 84 in D Major, R;413
2,0142Sonata in D Minor, R. 117: I. Molto moderato
1,6893Keyboard Sonata No. 48 in C minor
1,0444Fandango
9245Sonata No. 111 in D major
6126Sonata No. 88, in D-Flat Major
5067Sonata in F-sharp Major, R. 90: I. Allegro
5028Sonata No. 84 in D
4949Keyboard Sonata No. 15 in D Minor: Harpsichord Sonata No. 15 in D Minor
47510Keyboard Sonata No. 39 in D Minor: Harpsichord Sonata No. 39 in D Minor
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Padre Soler : Piano Sonatas
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Soler: Keyboard Sonatas Nos. 42-56
SOLER, A.: Sonatas for Harpsichord, Vol. 6
Soler, A.: Sonatas for Harpsichord, Vol. 1
Soler, A.: Sonatas For Harpsichord, Vol. 7
SOLER, A.: Sonatas for Harpsichord, Vol. 2
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Soler: Sol de mi fortuna, Sonatas from the Morgan Library
Soler: Keyboard Sonatas Nos. 75-86
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Padre Soler: Piano Sonatas
Soler : Fandango y sonatas para clave
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Padre Antonio Soler: Fandango & Sonatas
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Soler: Harpsichord Sonatas, Vol. 1