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'''Pietro Filippo Scarlatti''' (born January 5, 1679 in Rome; died February 22, 1750 in Naples) was an Italian composer, organist and choirmaster. | '''Pietro Filippo Scarlatti''' (born January 5, 1679 in Rome; died February 22, 1750 in Naples) was an Italian composer, organist and choirmaster. | ||
| − | Pietro Filippo, the eldest of [[Alessandro Scarlatti]]'s children and a brother of composer [[Domenico Scarlatti]], began his musical career in 1705 as choirmaster of the cathedral of Urbino. Three years later, in 1708, his father brought him to Naples, where he became an organist at court. In 1728, his only opera ''Clitarco'' was premiered at Naples' Teatro San Bartolomeo (the score has gone missing). Other main works include three [[cantata]]s and a multitude of keyboard toccatas (one of which has been recorded by Luciano Sgrizzi). | + | Pietro Filippo, the eldest of [[Alessandro Scarlatti]]'s children and a brother of composer [[Domenico Scarlatti]], began his musical career in 1705 as choirmaster of the cathedral of Urbino. Three years later, in 1708, his father brought him to Naples, where he became an organist at court. In 1728, his only opera ''Clitarco'' was premiered at Naples' Teatro San Bartolomeo (the score has gone missing). Other main works include three [[cantata]]s and a multitude of keyboard toccatas (one of which has been recorded by Luciano Sgrizzi). Pietro Filippo Scarlatti's background as an organist and choirmaster created his knowledge of multicolored sonorities and harmonies along with the experience of contrasting voices. Such examples are men's and women's voices, high and low voices, solo and chorus voices to create a true family of sound, and it is through the structure of the family that one creates the true human spirit of music. |
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Pietro Filippo Scarlatti (born January 5, 1679 in Rome; died February 22, 1750 in Naples) was an Italian composer, organist and choirmaster.
Pietro Filippo, the eldest of Alessandro Scarlatti's children and a brother of composer Domenico Scarlatti, began his musical career in 1705 as choirmaster of the cathedral of Urbino. Three years later, in 1708, his father brought him to Naples, where he became an organist at court. In 1728, his only opera Clitarco was premiered at Naples' Teatro San Bartolomeo (the score has gone missing). Other main works include three cantatas and a multitude of keyboard toccatas (one of which has been recorded by Luciano Sgrizzi). Pietro Filippo Scarlatti's background as an organist and choirmaster created his knowledge of multicolored sonorities and harmonies along with the experience of contrasting voices. Such examples are men's and women's voices, high and low voices, solo and chorus voices to create a true family of sound, and it is through the structure of the family that one creates the true human spirit of music.
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