Scarlatti
Scarlatti refers to two Italian Baroque composers, father and son.
Alessandro Scarlatti (1660–1725) helped establish the conventions of Italian opera and the da capo aria.
His son Domenico Scarlatti (1685–1757) is celebrated for over 500 keyboard sonatas that expanded harpsichord technique: She's practicing her Scarlatti.
The name typically refers to Domenico in piano contexts.
Excessively ornate or elaborate
- harpsichordPlucked-string keyboard instrument
- sonatasMulti-movement classical compositions
- NaplesMediterranean port city
- keyboardArray of input keys
eighteenth-century · Italian · virtuoso · counterpoint · ornamentation · Baroque · cantatas · opera
Multi-movement classical compositions
- harpsichordPlucked-string keyboard instrument
- fortepianoEarly hammer-action keyboard
- virtuosityExceptional technical skill
- fingeringNote-playing hand technique
tempo · ornaments · scales · arpeggios · technique · octaves · dynamics · pedaling
Systematic list of items
- manuscriptsHandwritten or typed originals
- chronologyTemporal ordering of events
- authenticityQuality of being genuine
- editionsVersions of publications
scholarship · sources · analysis · provenance · bibliography · facsimile · thematic · numbering
baroque
Excessively ornate or elaborate
- harpsichordPlucked-string keyboard instrument
- sonatasMulti-movement classical compositions
- NaplesMediterranean port city
keyboard · eighteenth-century · Italian · virtuoso · counterpoint · ornamentation · Baroque · cantatas · opera · fugue
sonatas
Multi-movement classical compositions
- harpsichordPlucked-string keyboard instrument
- fortepianoEarly hammer-action keyboard
- virtuosityExceptional technical skill
fingering · tempo · ornaments · scales · arpeggios · technique · octaves · dynamics · pedaling · practice
catalogue
Systematic list of items
- manuscriptsHandwritten or typed originals
- chronologyTemporal ordering of events
- authenticityQuality of being genuine
editions · scholarship · sources · analysis · provenance · bibliography · facsimile · thematic · numbering · attribution
- ComposersBach, Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms, Haydn
- vocal musicsong, vocals, soprano, tenor, alto
- Baroquebaroque music, baroque art, Bernini, Bach, Handel
- Baroque MusicBach, Vivaldi, Handel, harpsichord, Vivaldi Four Seasons
- 17th Century FiguresOliver Cromwell, Louis XIV, Isaac Newton, Rene Descartes, Rembrandt
- Baroque ItalyVenice, Naples, Rome, Florence, Milan