Domenico Scarlatti Research Paper

Domenico Scarlatti was a musical composer born in October 26, 1685, in Naples Italy. His parents are Antonia Anzalone, and Alessandro Scarlatti. When he turned fifteen, he became a pianist in Naples. When he was eighteen, he had produced his first operas called L’Ottavia restituita al trono and Il Giustino. When he turned age twenty, he was sent off by his father to Venice to study with a composer known by the name of Francesco Gasparini. Domenico Scarlatti had lived during the Baroque era and had written some operas. In 1715, he had composed his most popular piece of music at the Julian Chapel at St. Peter’s. His piece of music called the Stabat Mater had become so popular that it had been used as a Catholic hymn. Sadly most of his other masterpieces didn’t make it into the hymns. They had eventually faded away and were soon forgotten. Throughout his life, Domenico had written many different kinds of classical vocal keyboard music. He has written roughly five hundred fifty five …show more content…
While has was there, he had composed many sacred vocal works. He had also developed a friendship with the Portuguese ambassador, Marquis de Fontes. Do to his friendship with the ambassador, he was soon appointed the master of the royal Chapel. Later, Domenico became the teacher of the royal children, mainly princess Maria Barbara. While he was teaching them, he had composed many different pieces of music including Carlos de Seixas. When Maria Barbara had married the spanish prince, Ferdinando, Domenico had followed her to Spain. Before Domenico had gone to Spain, there wasn’t any kind of Opera that occured. Do to Domenico arriving there with Maria and Ferdinando, they made opera part of Spain’s culture. The entire time that Domenico was in Spain, he had not written a single piece for them. He would go out and help teach the composers, but would never make his