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Scarlatti

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Scarlatti
1. Alessandro . ?1659--1725, Italian composer; regarded as the founder of modern opera
2. his son, (Giuseppe) Domenico . 1685--1757, Italian composer and harpsichordist, in Portugal and Spain from 1720. He wrote over 550 single-movement sonatas for harpsichord, many of them exercises in virtuoso technique


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Fisk has also expanded the repertoire for guitar through groundbreaking transcriptions of works by Bach, Scarlatti, Haydn, Mozart, Paganini and others, as well as through commissions from composers as varied as Luciano Berio, Leonardo Balada, Robert Beaser and Kurt Schwertsik.
The Kutlacas play the harpsichord in turns--Frescobaldi, Scarlatti, Couperin--then they play together, three hands.
Scarlatti at the Cabin": In this section, the first in the sequence to depart from the sonnet form, the poet describes thinking about Scarlatti while driving to a secluded cabin, speaking of the musician as if he were a palpable companion, to the extent he even enjoys jolting along in the car.
 
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