Alessandro Scarlatti
Also known as Alessandro Scarlati, Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti
Italian composer (1660–1725)
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Alessandro Scarlatti was an Italian composer who lived from 1660 to 1725 and is considered one of the major figures in the development of opera and instrumental music during the Baroque period. His prolific output and innovations in musical form helped establish many conventions of Baroque composition that influenced generations of composers who followed him.
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Alessandro Scarlatti (2 May 1660 – 24 October 1725) was a Baroque composer especially famous for his operas and chamber cantatas. He is considered the founder of the Neapolitan school of opera. He was the father of two other composers, Domenico Scarlatti and Pietro Filippo Scarlatti. Scarlatti was born in Sicily, either in Trapani or Palermo. He is generally said to have been a pupil of Giacomo Carissimi in Rome, and there is reason to suppose that he had some connection with northern Italy <a
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Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti (2 May 1660 – 22 October 1725) was an Italian Baroque composer, known especially for his operas and chamber cantatas. He is considered the most important representative of the Neapolitan School of opera.
Nicknamed by his contemporaries "the Italian Orpheus", he divided his career between Naples and Rome; a significant part of his works was composed for the papal city. He is often considered the founder of the Neapolitan School, although he has only been its most illustrious representative: his contribution, his originality and his influence were essential, as well as lasting, both in Italy and in Europe.
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