Which Baroque composer was known for writing single movment sonatas?
Domenico Scarlatti Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti (Naples, 26 October 1685 Madrid, 23 July 1757) was an Italian composer who spent much of his life in the service of the Portuguese and Spanish royal families. He is classified primarily as a Baroque composer chronologically, although his music was influential in the development of the Classical style and he was one of the few Baroque composers to transition into the classical period. Like his renowned father Alessandro Scarlatti, he composed in a variety of musical forms, although today he is known mainly for his 555 keyboard sonatas.
Clavier-Übung II Johann Sebastian Bach's Clavier-Übung II was published in 1735, containing two works written for performance on a two-manual harpsichord. In the publication, Bach contrasted a work in Italian style – a "Concerto nach Italienischem Gusto" ("Concerto after the Italian taste", now known as the "Italian Concerto"), BWV 971, with a work in French style, a suite which he called "Ouvertüre nach franzosischer Art" ("Overture in the French style", also known as the "French Overture"), BWV 831.