Biographies
- Dent, Edward J. Alessandro Scarlatti: His Life and Works.2nd ed. London:
Edward Arnold, 1960. 252p. Reprint, St. Clair Shores, Mich.: Scholarly Press, - ML410 .S218 D3.
First edition, 1905. This edition includes footnotes by Frank Walker.The only
full-length biography in English, it is a plain life and works, with program
notes on selected operas and 94 musical examples. Worklist with library loca-
tions. No bibliography, expansive index of names and titles.
See also New Grove Italian Baroque Masters(#2459).
Operas in General
- Grout, Donald Jay. Alessandro Scarlatti: An Introduction to His Operas.
Berkeley: U. of California Press, 1979. vii, 154p. ML410 .S22 G7.
Consists of lectures given in 1976, with some footnotes added. They offer a
casual presentation of the life, style, reputation, and contemporaries of Scar-
latti. Grout notes that only 30–35 of the operas survive in “salvageable” form.
He edited the series of critical editions issued by Harvard (OAS). With an
appendix of musical examples and a good index of names, titles, and topics;
no bibliography. - Lorenz, Alfred Ottokar. Alessandro Scarlattis Jugendoper: Ein Beitrag zur
Geschichte der italienischer Oper.Augsburg: Benno Filser, 1927. 2v. ML410
.S22 L7.
An important study of the works written through 1697. Technical discussions
cover micro- and macrostructural elements. There are 401 musical examples
in v.2, including 135 complete numbers. A chronological list of the operas is in
v.1. - Morey, Carl Reginald. “The Late Operas of Alessandro Scarlatti.” Ph.D. diss.,
Indiana U., 1965. 312p.
Individual Works
La caduta de’ decemviri
OAS,v.6.
Il Ciro
- Jones, Gaynor G. “Alessandro Scarlattis Il Ciro.” Hamburger Jahrbuch für
Musikwissenschaft3 (1978): 225–237.
Examines 18th-century libretti based on Cyrus of Persia, including the one by
Scarlatti. Performance histories (with biographical information on the singers)
and research problems encountered with this material.
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