Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757)

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A biography by Charles K. Moss with his musical training in Italy, Roman career in Rome, time at the royal courts of Portugal and Spain, information on his hundreds of harpsichord sonatas, and sound files.

Biographical data, recommended CDs, books and sheet music, bibliography, and links to biographical essays from Dr. Estrella's Incredibly Abridged Dictionary of Composers.

Complete recordings of the 555 keyboard Sonatas played by John Sankey on MIDI at Kunst der Fuge.

Researching and recordings of the vocal and keyboard music of the Italian composer Alessandro Scarlatti.

The complete MIDI recordings, notes on style and performance including tuning methods.

Message board and live chat about the life and works.

Directory of mp3s on the internet that have been made available by their performing artists.

Biographical data, recommended CDs, books and sheet music, bibliography, and links to biographical essays from Dr. Estrella's Incredibly Abridged Dictionary of Composers.

Biographical article from the Baroque Composers and Musicians page.

Biography from the Here Of A Sunday Morning radio program at WQXR radio includes representative works, acclaim, related composers, discography, 17th Century harpsichord information, and details on his sonatas.

Wikipedia article outlining his life and major works with internal references to related people and topics.

Tunefinder X is a Melody Index. It will show you the name of the composer and composition for any of over 13,000 melodies from classical and popular music when all you know is the melody itself. Just click-play the melodys first ten notes on an...