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Alessandro Scarlatti

Alessandro Scarlatti earned an important place in musical history for a variety

of reasons. He is said to have been the first composer to write a string quartet. Moreover,

in developing the "Italian" overture, as distinct from the "French" overture (Ewen). This

paper will be discussing some of Scarlatti's most important works.

One of Scarlatti's most famous operas is Mitridate Eupatore. It was written in

1707, for Teatro San Giovanni Grisostomo in Venice. It is mainly about the revenge of

Prince Eupatore and his sister Laodice on their mother, Queen Stratonica. The Queen

has murdered their father and married her lover Farnace (Palisca). There are a lot of da

capo arias in this opera, one being "Esci ormai". It opens with a sixteen-measure

concerto-like ritornello that sets the mood of fiery resolution. The Queen then proclaims

to her people that she is banishing mother-love from her breast for their sake. The......

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