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Why did Alessandro Scarlatti send Domenico Scarlatti to Venice?
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Domenico Scarlatti
Domenico Scarlatti, engraving.
In 1705, Alessandro Scarlatti sent his son, Domenico Scarlatti, away from Naples to Venice, reputedly to study with the composer Francesco Gasparini.1