Exaltabo te domine alessandro scarlatti biography
First Publication, in Motetti per la Quaresima · Genre Categories, Motets; Offertories; For 4 voices; [6 more ].
Title: Exaltabo te Domine Composer: Alessandro Scarlatti Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB Genre: Sacred, Motet, Offertory for Ash Wednesday & Pentecost XI....
Alessandro Scarlatti
Annie Lee | Jul 21, 2023
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Summary
Alessandro Scarlatti (Palermo, May 2, 1660 - Naples, October 24, 1725) was an Italian composer of Baroque music.
Regarded by musicologists as one of the most important representatives of the Neapolitan school of music, he was the leading Italian opera composer in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
Nicknamed "the Italian Orpheus" by his contemporaries, he divided his career between Naples and Rome, where he received his training; it is to the papal city that a significant part of his output is destined.
He is often considered the founder of the Neapolitan musical school, although he was only its most illustrious and most fruitful representative: his contribution, originality and influence were essential, as well as enduring, both in Italy and in Europe.
Particularly well known for his operas, he brought the Italian dramatic tradition, begun by Monteverdi in the early 17th century and continued b