Sonata No. 10 in C Major (de Nebra)
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Spanish composer from Sevilla Manuel Blasco de Nebra (1750-1784) is considered the heir to Scarlatti in many respects. He was moreover a composer well aware of what was happening elsewhere in Europe in the 1770s. When he died his sisters sold an impressive collection of 1833 pieces for harpsichord, organ and pianoforte – 172 pieces being his own works, the rest were pieces by German, Italian and French composers. His expressive world is far more searching than Scarlatti, a quality that sometimes reminds us of the music of Mozart and Haydn and pre announces Schubert and even Chopin.
