Francesco Scarlatti (1666-1741) - Dixit Dominus (1703)

★ Follow music ►   / reciclassicat   Composer: Francesco Scarlatti (1666-1741) Work: Dixit Dominus (1703) Performers: Armοnico Cοnsοrt; Concerto Gаllеsе; The English Cοrnеtt and Sackbut Ensеmble; Christophеr Mοnks (conductor) Painting: Agostino Masucci (c.1691-1758) - The Solemnisation of the Marriage of James III and Maria Clementina Sobieska Further info: https://www.amazon.es/Scarlatti-F-Dix... Listen free: https://open.spotify.com/album/6SCqUb... --- Francesco (Antonio Nicola) Scarlatti (Palermo, 5 December 1666 - Dublin, after January 1741) Italian composer, brother of Alessandro Scarlatti. He was born in Palermo, Sicily. Due to the island being under the control of the Kingdom of Naples, Francesco went to study at the well-known Conservatorio in the city. His first appointment, following his studies, was as a violinist at the Chapel Royal in Naples. His appointment was controversial: a number of Neapolitan musicians resented the young provincial's influence at court. In 1690, he married Rosalinda Albano. She died in 1706 after having given birth to five common children. Francesco later travelled around Europe. He visited London in 1719; some sources suggest that this was on the invitation of Handel, whom he had met some years before in Italy. Hardly anything is known of his time in London. It is thought that he probably worked in theatre orchestras. Scarlatti was recommended to James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos by John Arbuthnot. Chandos, a patron of Handel, maintained a musical establishment at his main house, Cannons in Middlesex, but Scarlatti appears not to have joined it. By 1724 Francesco Scarlatti was living in Dublin. His post was reported as "Master of Musick". Perhaps whilst in Ireland he remarried. The Dublin Journal of 1733 reports: "Jane Scarlatti, wife of Francis Scarlatti, Master of Musick, hath eloped from her said husband. This is to desire that nobody may give any credit to the said Jane Scarlatti on account of her said husband; for he will not pay any debts that she shall contract; nor answer any bills she may draw on him." The last record of Francesco Scarlatti is in 1741, when he was apparently unavailable for a concert due to ill-health. No further record remains of Scarlatti. It is believed that he died in Dublin that year.