Scarlatti

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

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

��·��·��·�� [ah-l, uh, -, sahn, -droh, ah-les-, sahn, -d, r, aw], 1659–1725, Italian composer.
his son �ٴ�·��·�Ծ�·�� [d, uh, -, men, -i-koh, daw-, me, -nee-kaw], 1685–1757, Italian harpsichordist, organist, and composer.

Scarlatti

/ ��ɑːˈ��æ��ɪ /

noun

ScarlattiAlessandro?16591725MItalianMUSIC: composer Alessandro (alesˈsandro). ?1659–1725, Italian composer; regarded as the founder of modern opera
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

Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

She performed at local churches and won second place in a statewide contest with a Scarlatti sonata at age 13.

From

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

From

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

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

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

From

scarlatinoid scarlet

Browse