Scarlatti: Stabat Mater

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Domenico Scarlatti

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Despite his fame for keyboard sonatas, Domenico Scarlatti was primarily an inheritor of a Neapolitan and Roman musical tradition where vocal music was central to a composer's creative activity.

Compositional Technique

The Stabat Mater by Domenico Scarlatti is scored for ten solo voices, not a double choir, with all ten voices having equal importance.

Composition History

Domenico Scarlatti's Te Deum may have been sung in Lisbon on December 31, 1721, according to an article in the Gazeta de Lisboa.

Historical Context

Domenico Scarlatti participated in a competition with Handel, where Scarlatti was said to have won on the harpsichord and Handel on the organ.

Composer Biography

Domenico Scarlatti, born in Naples in 1685, began his professional life early, becoming organist to the Royal Chapel in Naples at the age of 16.

Compositional Technique

Domenico Scarlatti's Miserere features four unaccompanied voices alternating with Gregorian chant, demonstrating an austere, old-fashioned Renaissance style.