Scarlatti

[ skahr-lah-tee; Italian skahr-laht-tee ]

noun

1. A·les·san·dro [ah-l, uh, -, sahn, -droh, ah-les-, sahn, -d, r, aw], 1659–1725, Italian composer.
2. his son Do·me·ni·co [d, uh, -, men, -i-koh, daw-, me, -nee-kaw], 1685–1757, Italian harpsichordist, organist, and composer.

Scarlatti

/ skɑːˈlætɪ /

noun

1. ScarlattiAlessandro?16591725MItalianMUSIC: composer Alessandro (alesˈsandro). ?1659–1725, Italian composer; regarded as the founder of modern opera
2. Scarlatti(Giuseppe) Domenico16851757MItalianMUSIC: composerMUSIC: harpsichordist his son, ( Giuseppe ) Domenico (doˈmeːniko). 1685–1757, Italian composer and harpsichordist, in Portugal and Spain from 1720. He wrote over 550 single-movement sonatas for harpsichord, many of them exercises in virtuoso technique

Example Sentences

Her Bach, Scarlatti and Mozart are bold, vivid and rhythmically arresting.

From Los Angeles Times

Small says the musical conversation within the Scarlatti piece was something he could just manage with one hand, preserving its virtuosity while necessarily excising some notes.

From Washington Post

Since then, two rarities have followed: Scarlatti’s “Il Primo Omicidio” and, this past fall, Campra’s “Idoménée,” far more obscure than Mozart’s later “Idomeneo.”

From New York Times

He performed and recorded now-standard accounts of Bach’s “Goldberg Variations,” as well as a comprehensive survey of Domenico Scarlatti’s sonatas.

From Washington Post

She ended the program with a melting rendition of a wistful Scarlatti sonata, which conveyed the place of satisfaction and peace at which she has arrived.

From New York Times