1. Alessandro Scarlatti - Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia Alessandro Scarlatti (May 2, 1660 – October 24, 1725) was an Italian Baroque composer especially famous for his operas and chamber cantatas. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Scarlatti

Alessandro Scarlatti From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation search Alessandro Scarlatti. Alessandro Scarlatti May 2 October 24 ) was an Italian 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 Contents Life Scarlatti's music Operas Recordings ... edit Life Scarlatti was born in Sicily, in 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, since his early works show the influence of Stradella and Legrenzi . The production at Rome of his opera Gli Equivoci nell sembiante ) gained him the protection of Queen Christina of Sweden (who at the time was living in Rome), and he became her maestro di cappella . In February he became maestro di cappella to the viceroy of Naples , through the influence of his sister, an opera singer, who was the mistress of an influential Neapolitan noble. Here he produced a long series of operas, remarkable chiefly for their fluency and expressiveness, as well as other music for state occasions. In Scarlatti left Naples and did not return until the Spanish domination had been superseded by that of the Austrians. In the interval he enjoyed the patronage of

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Alessandro Scarlatti at the palace of Queen Christina, of Sweden in Rome; on the score of another, Pompeo, performed there in 1684, he is styled maestro di capella to the Queen. In 1694 he was maestro to the Viceroy at Naples. In 1703 he became assistant maestro to Foggia at Maria Maggiore, Rome, and succeeded him as chief maestro in 1707, resigning in 1709 and returning to Naples, where he subsequently became maestro Durante Leo Feo Logroscino ... Hasse , and Porpora Scarlatti produced no fewer than 115 operas (of which forty-one are still extant); La Rosaura Teodora (Rome, 1693) is found the first orchestral ritornello, and an incipient recitativo obbligato accompanied by the entire orchestra; also several arias with the first part sung da capo, a style which was later generally adopted by opera composers; in Tigrane Through his development of the recitative and aria into the contrary elements of the opera, Scarlatti brought the 'Neapolitan' style to a leading position which it retained up to the time of Gluck A PartialAlessandro Scarlatti Discography VIIIB: The Neapolitan Group The Research Periods

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The World's Leading Classical Music Label Naxos Worldwide Sites: Choose Country Global Site Australia Canada China Denmark Finland France Germany Hong Kong Japan Korea New Zealand Norway Sweden UK USA E-mail Password New Releases Artists Composers Labels ... S SCARLATTI, ALESSANDRO BIOGRAPHY Alessandro Scarlatti, a native of Palermo, made his principal career in Naples, where he was instrumental in the development of 18th century Neapolitan opera. He wrote more than a hundred operas and some six hundred cantatas, a considerable amount of church music and a smaller number of purely instrumental works. An important and influential composer, the nature of his compositions particularly with changed fashions in opera and less appetite for cantatas, serenades and oratorios of this period, has led to otherwise unjustified current neglect, in spite of Scarlattis extreme fecundity. JOSE CARRERAS COLLECTION (Int'l Edition) (NTSC) Classical Concert JOSE CARRERAS COLLECTION: Jose Carreras and Montserrat Caballe (1989) (NTSC) Classical Concert JOSE CARRERAS COLLECTION: Salzburg Recital (1989) (NTSC) Classical Concert FAVOURITE PIANO SONATAS Instrumental Roman Christmas: Italian Concertos and Cantatas Choral - Sacred SCARLATTI, A.: 2 Cantatas

4. Alessandro Scarlatti --  Britannica Online Encyclopedia Britannica online encyclopedia article on Alessandro Scarlatti Italian composer of operas and religious works. http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9066048/Alessandro-Scarlatti

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7. Alessandro Scarlatti - Wikipedia Translate this page Alessandro Scarlatti (Palermo, 2 maggio 1660 – Napoli, 24 ottobre 1725) è stato un compositore italiano di musica barocca, particolarmente famoso per le sue http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Scarlatti

Alessandro Scarlatti Da Wikipedia, l'enciclopedia libera. Vai a: Navigazione cerca Alessandro Scarlatti Alessandro Scarlatti Palermo 2 maggio Napoli 24 ottobre ) ¨ stato un compositore italiano di musica barocca , particolarmente famoso per le sue opere. In campo operistico, ¨ considerato uno dei fondatori della grande scuola musicale napoletana Fu padre di Domenico Scarlatti e di Pietro Filippo Scarlatti , e fratello maggiore di Francesco Scarlatti Cos¬, il conte Francesco Maria Zambeccari , acuto indagatore dei costumi musicali ed attento interprete dei gusti del pubblico contemporaneo, individu² per primo ( ) uno dei principali motivi che contribuiranno alla progressiva ed inesorabile scomparsa dal repertorio della quasi totalit  della sterminata opera di Alessandro Scarlatti, ossia l'estrema complessit  formale che contraddistingue il linguaggio d'un autore votato ad uno stile severo e rigoroso, sostenuto dalla pi¹ solida dottrina contrappuntistica, appresa inizialmente nella nativa Palermo (dove vide la luce il 2 maggio del ), e successivamente affinata nella

8. Alessandro Scarlatti - Wikipedia Translate this page Alessandro Scarlatti entstammt einer Musikerfamilie und war der älteste Sohn des Sängers Pietro Scarlata (so die ursprüngliche Form des Familiennamens) und http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Scarlatti

Alessandro Scarlatti aus Wikipedia, der freien Enzyklop¤die Wechseln zu: Navigation Suche Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti 2. Mai in Sizilien (entweder Trapani oder Palermo 24. Oktober in Neapel ) war ein Komponist des Barock . Er war Vater von neun S¶hnen, darunter die ebenfalls als Komponisten ber¼hmt gewordenen Domenico Scarlatti und Pietro Filippo Scarlatti Inhaltsverzeichnis Leben Werk Opern Oratorien ... Bearbeiten Leben Alessandro Scarlatti Alessandro Scarlatti entstammt einer Musikerfamilie und war der ¤lteste Sohn des S¤ngers Pietro Scarlata (so die urspr¼ngliche Form des Familiennamens) und Eleonora d'Amato. 1672 geht die Familie nach Rom, wo Alessandro danach Unterricht in Kompositionslehre erhielt; m¶glicherweise war Giacomo Carissimi sein Lehrer, doch gibt es hierf¼r keine Beweise. Alessandros Bruder Francesco (1666 - 1741) arbeitete ebenfalls als Komponist. 1678 erh¤lt Scarlatti das Amt eines Kirchenkapellmeisters in Rom und heiratet am 12. April desselben Jahres Antonia Anzaleone. Im folgenden Jahr f¼hrte er im Palazzo Bernini, wo er wohnte und von den S¶hnen Gianlorenzo Berninis unterst¼tzt wurde, seine erste Oper

9. Alessandro And Domenico Scarlatti :: Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti --  Br Alessandro and Domenico Scarlatti, Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti was born on May 2, 1660, in Palermo, Italy. He was music director at the court of http://student.britannica.com/comptons/article-207723/Alessandro-and-Domenico-Sc

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10. Alessandro Scarlatti - Wikipédia Translate this page Alessandro Scarlatti foi um compositor do barroco italiano (n. Palermo, 2 de Maio de 1660 - f. Nápoles, 24 de Outubro de 1725). Foi um dos precursores da http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Scarlatti

Alessandro Scarlatti Origem: Wikip©dia, a enciclop©dia livre. Ir para: navega§£o pesquisa Compositores Lista de compositores Per­odos Idade M©dia Renascen§a Barroco Classicismo ... Vanguardismo Gªneros musicais Sinfonia Concerto Sonata “pera ... Madrigal Formas musicais Balada Estudo Forma-sonata Fuga ... Scherzo Instrumentos Cordas Sopro Percuss£o Teclados ... Vocal Interpreta§£o Orquestras e Conjuntos Sinf´nicos Companhias de ³pera Maestro Mºsicos ... Canto Nota: Se procura outros membros da fam­lia Scarlatti, consulte Scarlatti Alessandro Scarlatti Alessandro Scarlatti foi um compositor do barroco italiano (n. Palermo 2 de Maio de - f. N¡poles 24 de Outubro de ). Foi um dos precursores da ³pera italiana e © considerado o pai da escola napolitana de ³pera, obtendo grande sucesso com obras como A Rosaura Tel©maco e Griselda . Al©m das ³peras, Alessandro Scarlatti tamb©m ficou famosos por suas cantatas de c¢mara. Foi pai de dois outros compositores: Domenico Scarlatti e Pietro Filippo Scarlatti Embora as suas ³peras fossem dotadas de um alto n­vel musical e tivessem influenciado compositores de outros pa­ses, n£o tinham maior interesse do ponto de vista da a§£o dram¡tica; continham aberturas, chamadas sinfonias, que geralmente consistiam em trªs movimentos: um r¡pido, um lento e outro r¡pido. Essa forma tornou-se de grande import¢ncia na cria§£o posterior da sinfonia cl¡ssica para orquestra Alessandro Scarlatti foi um compositor de extraordin¡rio talento criativo. A sua obra compreende nada menos que 115 ³peras, 150

11. Alessandro Scarlatti - LoveToKnow 1911 ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI (16591725), Italian musical composer, was born in Sicily, either at Trapani or Palermo, in 1659. He is generally said to have been a http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Alessandro_Scarlatti

Alessandro Scarlatti From LoveToKnow 1911 ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI Italian musical composer, was born in Sicily , either at Trapani or Palermo , in 1659. He is generally said to have been a pupil of Carissimi in Rome , and there is reason to suppose that he had some connexion with northern Italy , since his early works show the influence of Stradella and Legrenzi. The production at Rome of his opera Gli Equivoci well' amore (1679) gained him the protection of Queen Christina of Sweden , and he became her Maestro di Cappella. In February 1684 he became Maestro di Cappella to the viceroy of Naples , through the intrigues of his sister, an opera singer, who was the mistress of an influential noble in that city. Here he produced a long series of operas, remarkable chiefly for their fluency, as well as other music for state occasions. In 1702 he left Naples and did not return until the Spanish domination had been superseded by that of the Austrians. In the interval he enjoyed the patronage of Ferdinand III. of Tuscany , for whose private theatre near Florence he composed operas, and of

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document.writeln(AAMB1); Scarlatti, Alessandro Britannica Concise Print Article Email Article Cite Article Alessandro Scarlatti born May 2, 1660, Palermo, Sicily, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies died Oct. 22, 1725, Naples Italian composer. He may have studied with Giacomo Carissimi in Rome. His first known opera (1679) was a success, and by 1680 he was chapel master in Rome for Queen Christina sinfonie ) were important forerunners of the symphony. Domenico Scarlatti was his son. document.writeln(AAMB2); Images and Media: More on "Alessandro Scarlatti" from Britannica Concise Scarlatti, (Giuseppe) Domenico - Italian composer and keyboard player. symphony - Long musical composition for orchestra, usually in several movements. More on "Alessandro Scarlatti" from the 32 Volume Scarlatti, Alessandro - Italian composer of operas and religious works. music, Western - The last major operatic centre to develop in Italy began its activities in the 1670s in Naples. Neapolitan opera seria, or serious opera, with characters from classical history or mythology, dominated Europe for a century. It was essentially a series of recitatives and arias, the latter mostly of the da capo type (ABA, the A section given improvised embellishment on its repetition) characterized ... solfeggio - vocal exercises sung to the solmization syllables (do, re, mi, etc.) and, by extension, vocalizes, or exercises sung to a single vowel, often florid and difficult to master. Solfeggio collections survive from the 17th century onward, with examples by leading composers of 18th-century opera, such as Nicola Porpora (also a singer and famed singing teacher) and Alessandro Scarlatti and, reaching ...

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14. New Catholic Dictionary: Alessandro Scarlatti Alessandro Scarlatti. Baroque composer; father of the composers Domenico Scarlatti and Pietro Filippo Scarlatti. Born on 2 May 1660 in Sicily; http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/ncd07656.htm

Alessandro Scarlatti Baroque composer; father of the composers Domenico Scarlatti and Pietro Filippo Scarlatti. Born on 2 May 1660 in Sicily; died on 24 October 1725 in Naples. He created the 18th century classical style in music, influencing, outside of Italy, Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. He was concerned chiefly with concerted instrumental music and he is a brilliant exponent of classical lyric drama. In addition to some 60 operas, his chamber music, of which over 500 cantatas, 10 masses, besides motets and oratorios, are extant, is of a high intellectual order. A member of the Arcadian Academy, he held also positions of choir master at Naples and Rome and as a teacher produced many celebrated musicians. New Catholic Dictionary NCD Index Page Catholic Community Forum Contact Author Message Board

15. JSTOR Scarlatti Alessandro E Domenico Due Vite In Una A native of Palermo, Pagano is joint author of the first major study of Alessandro Scarlatti (1972) since Dent s and professor of harpsichord at the Palermo http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0027-4224(198810)69:4<519:SAEDDV>2.0.CO;2-Q

16. Alessandro Scarlatti Alessandro Scarlatti. Born, 1660. Died, 1725. Nationality, Italian. Era, Baroque. Main genre. Main works. Brief biography http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/appendix/Composers/S/AlessandroScarlatti

Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary Composer Biographies Alessandro Scarlatti Born: Died: Nationality: Italian Era: Baroque Main genre: Main works: Brief biography: Music Dictionary Home Composer Alphabetical Listing Composer Chronological Listing Composer Nationality Listing ... Appendix Index

17. Alessandro Scarlatti - Wikipédia Translate this page Cependant il semble aujourd hui peu probable que le jeune Scarlatti, à peine agé de 12 ans, ait pu être accueilli par le plus célèbre musicien romain. http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Scarlatti

Alessandro Scarlatti Un article de Wikip©dia, l'encyclop©die libre. Aller   : Navigation Rechercher Alessandro Scarlatti Alessandro Scarlatti 2 mai 24 octobre ) ©tait un compositeur de musique baroque particuli¨rement connu pour ses op©ras. Il est consid©r© comme le fondateur de l'©cole napolitaine d'op©ra. Il ©tait le p¨re de Domenico Scarlatti Il naquit en Sicile Trapani ou Palerme . La l©gende veut qu'il ait ©t© un ©l¨ve de Giacomo Carissimi Rome . Cependant il semble aujourd'hui peu probable que le jeune Scarlatti,   peine ag© de 12 ans, ait pu ªtre accueilli par le plus c©l¨bre musicien romain. L'hypoth¨se la plus vraisemblable est que Scarlatti aurait ©t© l' ©l¨ve d'un modeste compositeur, Antonio Foggia , fils du c©l¨bre ma®tre de chapelle   S. Maria Maggiore, Francesco Foggia . D'autre part, il existe des raisons de penser qu'il avait des liens avec le nord de l'Italie, ses œuvres de jeunesse montrant l'influence de Stradella et Legrenzi La repr©sentation   Rome de son op©ra Gli Equivoci nell’amore (1679) lui amena la protection de la reine Christine de Su¨de (qui vivait   cette ©poque   Rome), et il en devint le Ma®tre de Chapelle. En f©vrier 1684, il devint le Ma®tre de Chapelle du vice-roi de

18. Alessandro Scarlatti Classical Music Pages article from The Grove Concise Dictionary of Music with links to glossary items. http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/scarlatti_a.html

Epoch: Middle Baroque Country: Italy Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725) Detailed Information about Picture Gallery List of Works Bibliography Introduction (born Palermo, 2 May 1660; died Naples, 22 October 1725). Father of Domenico Scarlatti When he was 12 he was sent to Rome, where he may have studied with Carissimi. He married in 1678 and later that year was appointed maestro di cappella of San Giacomo degli Incurabili (now 'in Augusta'). By then he had already composed at least one opera (the title is unknown and it was not performed) and a second, Gli equivoci nel sembiante , was a resounding success in 1679. It confirmed Scarlatti in his chosen career as an opera composer and attracted the attention of Queen Christina of Sweden, who made him her maestro di cappella In 1684 Scarlatti was appointed maestro di cappella at the vice-regal court of Naples, at the same time as his brother Francesco was made first violinist. It was alleged that they owed their appointments to the intrigues of one of their sisters (apparently Melchiorra) with two court officials, who were dismissed. For the next two decades over half the new operas given at Naples were by Scarlatti. Two of them, Il Pirro e Demetrio (1694) and La caduta dei Decemviri (1697), were especially successful, but by 1700 the War of the Spanish Succession was beginning to undermine the privileged status of the Neapolitan nobility, rendering Scarlatti's position insecure. In 1702 he left with his family for Florence, where he hoped to find employment for himself and his son

19. Scarlatti, Alessandro: Biography Student of Carissimi and teacher of Hasse, Geminiani, and his son Domenico, alessandro scarlatti is sometimes regarded as the father of Neapolitan opera http://www2.nau.edu/~tas3/ascarlatti.html

Site Alessandro Scarlatti 1660-1725 Student of Carissimi and teacher of Hasse Geminiani , and his son Domenico , Alessandro Scarlatti is sometimes regarded as the father of Neapolitan opera ( opera seria ). Scarlatti began his career as Maestro di cappella to the Queen of Sweden (in Rome, 1679), then to the Viceroy at Naples (1684), then at the church of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome (1703), and finally back to Naples (1708). Alessandro composed 115 operas as well as oratorios Masses cantatas (many solo madrigals concerti grossi , harpsichord and chamber pieces . When Handel visited Italy between 1706 and 1710, he met Alessandro and may have studied with him. var site="sm4WellTemperedClavier" Bach's World Contemporaries Chronology

20. Alessandro Scarlatti: Life And Work, In Rome And Naples alessandro scarlatti his life and work, in Rome, later operas and orchestral works in Naples. http://www.baroquemusic.org/bqxascarl.html

BAROQUE COMPOSERS AND MUSICIANS Alessandro Scarlatti Sicilian-born in 1660, Alessandro Scarlatti was trained in Rome. He married in 1678 and later that year was appointed Maestro di Cappella of San Giacomo degli Incurabili. His first large-scale oratorio-operatic works were performed there the following year when he was only 19. His patrons from the outset were of the highest rank, among them the exiled Queen Christina of Sweden who made him her Maestro di Cappella , Cardinal Pamphili, and the musically indefatigable Cardinal Ottoboni and, in Florence, Prince Ferdinando de Medici. In 1684 at the age of 24 Scarlatti moved to Naples, where he was appointed Maestro di Cappella at the vice-regal court of Naples, at the same time as his brother Francesco was made First Violinist. It was alleged that they owed their appointments to the intrigues of one of their sisters with two court officials, who were dismissed. For the next two decades over half the new operas given at Naples were by Scarlatti, producing over 40 works, which were first performed at the Viceregal Palazzo Reale and then at the public theatre of S. Bartolomeo, where Scarlatti was employed as the director along with nine singers, five instrumentalists and a copyist. In contrast to contemporary five-act Venetian operas, which continued to rely upon mythological characters and stage machinery, Scarlatti's shorter three-act 'Drammi per Musica' centered on the characterization of kings and confidants, lovers and servants.

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