Editing Antonio Soler (composer) (section)

==Compositions==
Padre Soler's most celebrated works are his [[keyboard instrument|keyboard]] [[sonata (music)|sonatas]], which are comparable to those composed by [[Domenico Scarlatti]] (with whom he may have studied) but are more varied in form than those of Scarlatti, with some pieces in three or four movements; Scarlatti's pieces are in one (mostly) or two movements. Soler's sonatas were cataloged in the early twentieth century by Fr. Samuel Rubio and so all have 'R' numbers assigned.

Soler also composed [[concerto]]s, [[quintet]]s for organ and [[string instrument|strings]], [[motet]]s,<ref>edited by Ediciones Escurialenses, Editorial Patrimonio Nacional, 1983.</ref> [[Mass (music)|masses]] and pieces for solo organ. He also wrote a [[treatise]], ''Llave de la modulación'' ("The Key to [[modulation (music)|Modulation]]", 1762).

Soler's ''Six Concertos for Two Organs'' are still very much in the repertoire and have often been recorded. A [[Fandango (dance)|fandango]] authored by Soler, and probably more often performed than any other work of his, is claimed by Isidro Barrio and some others to be of doubtful authorship.<ref>{{cite web | title=Soler Main Page | website=Chateau Gris Home Page | date=21 December 2006 | url=http://www.chateaugris.com/Soler/solerpag.htm | access-date=16 May 2023}}</ref><ref name="Rubio 1980 p. ">{{cite book | last=Rubio | first=S. | title=Antonio Soler: catálogo crítico | publisher=Instituto de Musica Religiosa de la Diputacion Provincial de Cuenca | series=Ediciones del Instituto de Música Religiosa Cuenca | year=1980 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q0lsvQEACAAJ | language=es | access-date=16 May 2023 }}</ref>

{{blockquote|"I told him (i.e. Samuel Rubio - ed.) that I had serious doubts about Soler's authorship of this work. Rubio then subjected the work to a thorough examination and informed me that I was right: 'I am compelled to cast a doubt on Soler's authorship of this work although I had previously confirmed it (...). I hope to explain in greater depth at a later date the reasons which make me doubt the authenticity of the work. At the time being, however, we can declare the hunt open for the true author.'"}}