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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

Mr. Ratmansky, 51, has created ballets to Shostakovich, Stravinsky, Prokofiev and other Russian composers, as well as Scarlatti, Strauss and Bernstein.

From New York Times • Jan. 28, 2020

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

From The New Yorker • Dec. 14, 2019

Another circle might expect the arias of the old Italian masters, Carissimi, Jomelli, Sacchini or Scarlatti.

From Great Singers on the Art of Singing Educational Conferences with Foremost Artists by Cooke, James Francis

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