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-# barcelona-m1964
-Typographical facsimile of the Barcelona MS 1964 manuscript of Scarlatti sonatas.
+# A Typographical Facsimile of Scarlatti's Barcelona MS. 1964 Manuscript
+
+This repository contains the Sibelius source and PDF sheet music of a **typographical facsmile**
+of the Barcelona MS 1964 manuscript containing Domenico Scarlatti sonatas.
+
+## Credits
+
+The creation of this digital edition was overseen by Sir Barry Ife (@BarryIfe).
+
+## Contents
+
+This repository contains three folders:
+
+- `pdf` contains the sheet music of the typographical facsimile, one file per sonata;
+- `src` contains the Sibelius source for each of the sonatas contained in `pdf`;
+- `tables` contains two collation tables that show how the sonatas in the Barcelona MS. 1964 manuscript relate to other sources (historical and modern); these tables are available in both Word (`.doc`) and PDF format.
+
+## Inventory of the typographical facsimile
+
+The manuscript contains 44 sonatas, however the last 5 sonatas are of verified attribution to Antonio Soler, and have not been reproduced in this typographical facsimile. Therefore this typographical facsimile contains 39 sonatas.
+
+The 31st and 34th sonatas do not appear in the Kirkpatrick catalog. Neither are currently believed to be by Domenico Scarlatti, except for the debated attribution by Malcolm Boyd (_Domenico Scarlatti— Master of Music_, 1987) of the Sonata in E major. The manuscript copyist certainly believed both sonatas to be by Domenico Scarlatti, as in the original manuscript, the 39th sonata comes with the mention _Finis de las sonatas de Scarlati_, which seems to demarcate a Scarlatti section (1–39) and a Soler section (40–44).
+
+1.  _K. 520_
+2.  _K. 521_
+3.  _K. 522_
+4.  _K. 523_
+5.  _K. 524_
+6.  _K. 525_
+7.  _K. 528_
+8.  _K. 529_
+9.  _K. 534_
+10. _K. 535_
+11. _K. 536_
+12. _K. 537_
+13. _K. 552_
+14. _K. 553_
+15. _K. 540_
+16. _K. 541_
+17. _K. 546_
+18. _K. 547_
+19. _K. 554_
+20. _K. 555_
+21. _K. 544_
+22. _K. 545_
+23. _K. 518_
+24. _K. 519_
+25. _K. 139_
+26. _K. 48_
+27. _K. 109_
+28. _K. 110_
+29. _K. 211_
+30. _K. 190_
+31. _Sonata in E major (which Malcolm Boyd attributes to Scarlatti)_
+32. _K. 23_
+33. _K. 16_
+34. _Sonata in A major (which Malcolm Boyd attributes to Francesco Corselli)_
+35. _K. 25_
+36. _K. 27_
+37. _K. 17_
+38. _K. 102_
+39. _K. 19_
+
+## License
+
+This digital artefact is provided under the MIT license, or equivalently,
+the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. This means all uses, commercial and non-commercial, are permitted provided attribution is provided.