Born in Palermo, May 2, 1660
Died in Naples, Oct 22, 1725
- Alessandro Scarlatti is best known as a key founder of the 18th C. Neapolitan school of opera.
- He also composed a large number of oratorios, which were a popular genre in Rome (possibly because the Pope expressed an opposition to opera).
- Alessandro Scarlatti was the father keyboard composer Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) (and nine other children incidentally).1
Sources
- Malcolm Boyd, Roberto Pagano, and Edwin Hanley, “Scarlatti, (Pietro) Alessandro,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed January 21, 2020, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-6002278252.