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ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI

Alessandro Scarlatti was an Italian composer. He was born in 1659 at Trapani, Sicily and died in 1725. For some years he was attached to the court of Christiana, queen of Sweden, at Rome, and in 1694 was appointed musical director to the viceroy of Naples. Subsequently he became a teacher in three of the four conservatories in Naples. He founded the modern school of Italian Opera, and was a prolific composer in nearly every branch of music.
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