Nell’estate del 1720 un giovane compositore parte dall’Italia per arrivare a Lisbona, alla corte di re Jo�o v. Comincia cos� l’avventura umana e musicale di Domenico Scarlatti, figlio del grande Alessandro. Uomo mite e tormentato, per nulla sicuro del suo talento, capace di stare un passo indietro a tutto, anche a s� stesso.
Il suo compito a corte � insegnare musica alla figlia del re, Maria B�rbara di Braganza, che andr� poi in sposa a Fernando di Borbone diventando regina di Spagna. Il rapporto tra Domenico Scarlatti e questa donna durer� per tutta la vita. E sar� la vera linfa, il vero snodo del talento del compositore napoletano. Le sue celebri Sonate, eseguite dai pi� grandi pianisti del Novecento, nascono come esercizi per le mani di Maria B�rbara.
Il romanzo narra di questo sodalizio, di questo scambio tra maestro e allieva che si concluder� solo con la morte di Domenico Scarlatti. Un sodalizio in nome della musica che � anche il racconto di un’epoca di guerre, rivalit� tra famiglie reali europee, complotti, poteri contrapposti.
Come fosse un affresco del Tiepolo, Alberto Riva fa entrare il lettore in una storia intensa e nitidissima. E ci regala, attraverso una scrittura misurata e attenta, una trama figurativa che alterna realismo e suggestioni d’oltremare.
Lineare, eppure ricco di dettagli, Il maestro e l’infanta � un libro raro nella letteratura italiana di questi anni. Un omaggio alla musica e alla sua forza segreta. Una rappresentazione dei sentimenti attraverso intermittenze e non detti, sfumature, accelerazioni, pause. Un’epoca raccontata in un contrappunto inedito che ne svela furori e insensatezze, e ne celebra soprattutto il carattere sorprendentemente malinconico.

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