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Scarlatti

American  
[skahr-lah-tee, skahr-laht-tee] / skɑrˈlɑ ti, skɑrˈlɑt ti /

noun

  1. Alessandro 1659–1725, Italian composer.

  2. his son Domenico 1685–1757, Italian harpsichordist, organist, and composer.


Scarlatti British  
/ skɑːˈlætɪ /

noun

  1. Alessandro (alesˈsandro). ?1659–1725, Italian composer; regarded as the founder of modern opera

  2. his son, ( Giuseppe ) Domenico (doˈmeːniko). 1685–1757, Italian composer and harpsichordist, in Portugal and Spain from 1720. He wrote over 550 single-movement sonatas for harpsichord, many of them exercises in virtuoso technique

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Esfahani returned to the Baroque with seven Scarlatti sonatas.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2021

Beisembayev’s programme spans five centuries, from sonatas by Scarlatti to studies by Ligeti, via Beethoven’s Sonata Op 111 and Stravinsky’s Firebird.

From The Guardian • Oct. 23, 2021

The music is from two Scarlatti piano sonatas, delicately played onstage by Craig Baldwin.

From New York Times • Sep. 23, 2021

“Facce d’amore”: Arias of Cavalli, Handel, Scarlatti, etc.;

From The New Yorker • Dec. 14, 2019

Scarlatti, born in 1659, was a composer of great originality, as well as versatility.

From The Standard Oratorios Their Stories, Their Music, And Their Composers by Upton, George P. (George Putnam)