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Also Known As Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti
Born May 2, 1660 • Palermo • Italy
Died October 22, 1725 (aged 65) • Naples • Italy
Movement / Style Baroque music
Notable Family Members son Domenico Scarlatti

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Alessandro Scarlatti, detail of a portrait by an unknown artist, 1692; in the Palacio del Duque de Hijar, Epila, Spain
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Oil portrait of composer Georg Frideric Handel by Thomas Hudson, showing Handel in a red coat with gold trim, white wig, and holding a sheet of music.
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Domenico Scarlatti, engraving.
Domenico Scarlatti
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Jean-Baptiste Lully, engraving by Geille after Johannot, c. 1830.
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