Francesco Scarlatti

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Francesco Scarlatti (born December 5, 1666 in Palermo , † around 1741 in Dublin ) was an Italian violinist and composer .

Life

Manuscript from Francesco Scarlatti's Miserere mei Deus

Francesco Scarlatti said he came to Naples around the age of seven, where he received his musical training at one of the Conservatorios . When in 1684 his older brother Alessandro Scarlatti became the first conductor of the royal court orchestra in Naples, he found him a position as a violinist there. In 1691 he was in Palermo, where he was mentioned in 1694 as a member of the Unione dei musici . In 1699 his oratorio Agnus ooccisus from origine mundi in Abele was performed in Rome at the Arciconfraternita del SS. Crocifisso . The dialogue La profetessa guerriera was performed in Palermo in 1703 . Further oratorios were performed in Rome in 1710 and in Naples in 1711. In 1715, Francesco Scarlatti, with the intercession of Johann Joseph Fux , applied unsuccessfully for the position of vice conductor of the Viennese court orchestra , which was awarded to Antonio Caldara .

At the beginning of 1719 he was paid again as a member of the court orchestra in Naples. In May of the same year he gave a concert with his own compositions in the then important event building Hickford's Room in London , further concerts followed in 1720 and 1724. He was in contact with the art-loving James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos , who urged him to do his Bring Alessandro to his court orchestra. From 1733 Scarlatti was in Dublin, possibly through the mediation of Matthew Dubourg or Thomas Roseingrave . In Dublin, newspapers mention him several times as a Master of Musick . Scarlatti must have died in Dublin around January 1741 after a long illness, as a benefit concert was given for him on February 13, 1741.

Francesco Scarlatti composed masses and other liturgical works, several oratorios, cantatas, a stage work and a sinfonia, works that have in part been lost.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christopher Hair: CD Booklet Francesco Scarlatti, Dixit Dominus , Label, Deux-Elles (2003) ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.deux-elles.co.uk
  2. ↑ Entry on HOASM.org
personal data
SURNAME Scarlatti, Francesco
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Scarlatti, Francis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian violinist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH December 5, 1666
PLACE OF BIRTH Palermo
DATE OF DEATH around 1741
Place of death Dublin