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ALBERTI, DOMENICO (c. 1710–1740)

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 502 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ALBERTI, DOMENICO (c. 1710–1740) , See also:Italian musician, is known in musical See also:history as the writer of dozens of sonatas in which the See also:melody is supported from beginning to end by an extremely See also:familiar See also:formula of See also:arpeggio See also:accompaniment, consequently known as the Alberti See also:bass. He thus shows how advanced was the decay of polyphonic sensibility (as a negative preparation for the See also:advent of the See also:sonata-See also:style) already during the lifetime of See also:Bach. His See also:works have no other See also:special qualities, though it is probable that See also:Mozart's first See also:violin sonatas, written -at the See also:age of seven, were modelled on Alberti in spite of their See also:superior cleverness.

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