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DOMENICO SCARLATTI
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Italian harpsichordist and composer, born in Naples. He studied first
with his father, Alessandro Scarlatti, and later with the Italian
composer Francesco Gasparini. Scarlatti first attracted attention by
his revision (1704) of the opera Irene by the Italian composer Carlo
Francesco Pollarolo. In subsequent years Scarlatti lived in Rome,
Naples, and Lisbon and frequently toured Europe as a traveling
virtuoso. In 1729 he was summoned to the Spanish court at Madrid, which
remained his residence for the rest of his life.
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Scarlatti was a founder of the modern school of keyboard technique; he
was the first composer to call for such devices in performance as
arpeggios, the rapid repetition of a single note, and the crossing of
hands. His keyboard compositions, entitled sonatas, are all short
pieces. About 550 of these have been preserved; many have a
recognizable Spanish flavor. Scarlatti also composed several operas,
religious music, and instrumental works.
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