Alessandro Scarlatti

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Alessandro Scarlatti was an influential Italian Baroque composer, especially renowned for his operas and chamber cantatas, whose style helped shape the development of 18th-century music.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque composer
Italian person
composer
human
birthDate 1660-05-02
birthPlace Kingdom of Sicily
Palermo
countryOfCitizenship Italy
deathDate 1725-10-24
deathPlace Kingdom of Naples
Naples
employer Queen Christina of Sweden
Viceroyal court of Naples
estimatedNumberOfCantatas over 600
estimatedNumberOfOperas over 60
familyName Scarlatti
fatherOf Domenico Scarlatti
Pietro Filippo Scarlatti
fullName Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti
genre chamber cantata
instrumental music
opera
oratorio
sacred music
givenName Alessandro
influenced Domenico Scarlatti
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Neapolitan school of opera
languageOfWork Italian
movement Baroque
notableFor development of the Neapolitan opera style
large output of chamber cantatas
notableWork Cantate da camera
Griselda
Il Mitridate Eupatore
La Giuditta
linked to: Judith

La Rosaura
La Statira
La caduta de’ Decemviri
Messa di Santa Cecilia
Sinfonie di concerto grosso
Stabat Mater in C minor
occupation composer
kapellmeister
positionHeld maestro di cappella at Cappella Giulia, St Peter’s Basilica
maestro di cappella at Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome
maestro di cappella at the royal chapel in Naples
residence Naples
Rome
sibling Francesco Scarlatti
spouse Antonia Anzalone
styleCharacteristic clear separation of recitative and aria
rich contrapuntal writing in sacred works
use of da capo aria form

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George Frideric Handel influencedBy Alessandro Scarlatti
Pietro Ottoboni patronOf Alessandro Scarlatti
subject linked to: Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni
Alessandro Scarlatti fullName Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti
linked to: Alessandro Scarlatti
Alessandro Scarlatti familyName Scarlatti
linked to: Alessandro Scarlatti
Pope Clement IX patronOf Alessandro Scarlatti
Domenico Scarlatti father Alessandro Scarlatti
Domenico Scarlatti studentOf Alessandro Scarlatti
Estienne Roger publishedWorkBy Alessandro Scarlatti
Giacomo Carissimi influenced Alessandro Scarlatti
Griselda composer Alessandro Scarlatti
Griselda workOf Alessandro Scarlatti
La caduta de’ Decemviri composer Alessandro Scarlatti
La caduta de’ Decemviri composer Domenico Scarlatti’s father Alessandro Scarlatti
linked to: Alessandro Scarlatti
Il Mitridate Eupatore composer Alessandro Scarlatti
Il Mitridate Eupatore hasCreator Alessandro Scarlatti
La Rosaura composer Alessandro Scarlatti
La Rosaura hasCreator Alessandro Scarlatti
La Statira composer Alessandro Scarlatti
La Statira hasCreator Alessandro Scarlatti
La Statira workOf Alessandro Scarlatti
Stabat Mater in C minor composer Alessandro Scarlatti
Stabat Mater in C minor associatedPerson Alessandro Scarlatti
Messa di Santa Cecilia composer Alessandro Scarlatti
Messa di Santa Cecilia creator Alessandro Scarlatti
Sinfonie di concerto grosso composer Alessandro Scarlatti
Sinfonie di concerto grosso creator Alessandro Scarlatti
Cantate da camera isAssociatedWith Alessandro Scarlatti
Cantate da camera isComposedBy Alessandro Scarlatti
Antonia Anzalone spouse Alessandro Scarlatti
Johann Adolf Hasse studiedUnder Alessandro Scarlatti
Pietro Filippo Scarlatti father Alessandro Scarlatti
Pietro Filippo Scarlatti hasRelative Alessandro Scarlatti
Silvio Stampiglia collaboratedWith Alessandro Scarlatti
Giovanni Battista San Martini influencedBy Alessandro Scarlatti
Ensemble Artaserse performsWorksBy Alessandro Scarlatti