Domenico Scarlatti

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Domenico Scarlatti was an Italian Baroque composer best known for his hundreds of virtuosic keyboard sonatas that profoundly influenced the development of piano music.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Baroque composer
composer
human
keyboard composer
burialPlace Convent of San Norberto, Madrid
contemporaryOf George Frideric Handel
Johann Sebastian Bach
countryOfCitizenship Italy
dateOfBirth 1685-10-26
dateOfDeath 1757-07-23
employer John V of Portugal
Maria Barbara of Portugal
era late Baroque
familyName Scarlatti
father Alessandro Scarlatti
fullName Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti
linked to: Domenico Scarlatti
genre cantata
keyboard music
opera
sacred music
givenName Domenico
Giuseppe
influenced Franz Joseph Haydn
linked to: Joseph Haydn

Franz Liszt
Ludwig van Beethoven
classical keyboard style
piano music
instrument clavichord
harpsichord
organ
movement Baroque
notableFor single-movement binary-form keyboard sonatas
notableWork 555 keyboard sonatas
Essercizi per gravicembalo
occupation composer
harpsichordist
organist
placeOfBirth Kingdom of Naples
Naples
placeOfDeath Madrid
Spain
sibling Pietro Filippo Scarlatti
studentOf Alessandro Scarlatti
Bernardo Pasquini
Francesco Gasparini
styleCharacteristic Spanish and Portuguese folk influences
bold dissonances and modulations
guitar-like figurations
virtuosic hand crossings
taught Ferdinand VI of Spain
Maria Barbara of Portugal
workedAt Royal Chapel in Lisbon
Spanish court in Madrid

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Archiv Produktion catalogIncludesWorksBy Domenico Scarlatti
Concierto barroco featuresCharacter Domenico Scarlatti
Pietro Ottoboni patronOf Domenico Scarlatti
subject linked to: Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni
Clavichord wasUsedBy Domenico Scarlatti
Alessandro Scarlatti fatherOf Domenico Scarlatti
Alessandro Scarlatti influenced Domenico Scarlatti
Baroque music notableComposer Domenico Scarlatti
Courante composedBy Domenico Scarlatti
Infanta Barbara of Portugal studentOf Domenico Scarlatti
Domenico Scarlatti fullName Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti
linked to: Domenico Scarlatti
Filomeno meetsFictionalizedVersionOf Domenico Scarlatti
Muzio Clementi influencedBy Domenico Scarlatti
subject linked to: Muzio
Les Talens Lyriques performsWorkBy Domenico Scarlatti
Harpsichord isAssociatedWithComposer Domenico Scarlatti
Pietro Filippo Scarlatti sibling Domenico Scarlatti
Pietro Filippo Scarlatti hasRelative Domenico Scarlatti
Calle Domenico Scarlatti, Madrid namedAfter Domenico Scarlatti
Ralph Kirkpatrick wrote Domenico Scarlatti (book)
linked to: Domenico Scarlatti
Two Hands composerFeatured Domenico Scarlatti
subject linked to: album "Two Hands"