Scarlatti
Americannoun
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Alessandro 1659–1725, Italian composer.
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his son Domenico 1685–1757, Italian harpsichordist, organist, and composer.
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Alessandro (alesˈsandro). ?1659–1725, Italian composer; regarded as the founder of modern opera
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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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Her Bach, Scarlatti and Mozart are bold, vivid and rhythmically arresting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2022
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 composer Domenico Scarlatti is the subject of this week’s episode of this classical music mini-series, which is hosted by the violinist and conductor Scott Yoo.
From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2019
One piece, to Scarlatti, is already in storage.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 24, 2019
During the seventeenth century such great composers as Stradella, Scarlatti, Caldara, and Claudio lived; and the different forms of opera were developed in England, France, and Italy.
From Music and Some Highly Musical People by James M. Trotter
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