12 sinfonie di concerto grosso

Composer: SCARLATTI, Alessandro
  • The manuscript for Scarlatti’s 12 sinfonie di concerto grosso notes the day he began to compose the collection: June 1, 1715.1
  • This collection is unusual for its time in that Scarlatti does not make use of the customary Baroque ritornello form, but rather relies on elaborate counterpoint for structure.2

Sources

  1.  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. 
  2.  Alessandro Lattanzi, liner notes to Alessandro Scarlatti: 12 Sinfonie di concerto grosso, Corina Marti, Capella Tiberina, Paolo Perrone, Alexandra Nigito, Brilliant Classics 94658, CD, 2015.

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