Amore, Pace e Provvidenza

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Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Musikabteilung, Berlino

Serenata a 3 voci (Soprano, Alto e Basso) con Ripieni e più strumenti (oboe, 2 trombe, timpani, archi e basso continuo)

Trascrizione a cura di Antonio Frigé

61 pag.

ISBN 978-88-98342-84-6

Alessandro Scarlatti (2nd May 1660 – 24th October 1725) is considered the founder of the Neapolitan opera. He was born in Palermo, and became famous in Rome for his operas and chamber cantatas. He spent most of his life beetween Naples, where he became Maestro di Cappella to the viceroy in february 1684, and Rome, where Cardinale Ottoboni made him his Maestro di Cappella, and procured him a similar at the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in 1703. He died in Naples 1725.
The "Serenata a tre voci, con Ripieni e più Istrumenti" was commissioned by Carlo Borromeo Arese, viceroy of Naples, and was performed in honour of Carlo III in the Gran Piazza of the Royal Palace of Naples on the evening of 4 November, 1711, the day which celebrates San Carlo...