Alessandro Scarlatti
E148411
Alessandro Scarlatti was an influential Italian Baroque composer, especially renowned for his operas and chamber cantatas, whose style helped shape the development of 18th-century music.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alessandro Scarlatti canonical | 3 |
| Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti | 1 |
| Scarlatti | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1151741 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alessandro Scarlatti Context triple: [George Frideric Handel, influencedBy, Alessandro Scarlatti]
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A.
Arcangelo Corelli
Arcangelo Corelli was an influential Italian Baroque composer and violinist whose works helped establish the foundations of modern violin technique and the concerto grosso form.
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B.
Antonio Vivaldi
Antonio Vivaldi was an influential Italian Baroque composer and virtuoso violinist best known for his concertos, especially the set of violin concertos titled "The Four Seasons."
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C.
Francesco Cavalli
Francesco Cavalli was a prominent 17th-century Italian composer best known for his influential operas that helped shape the early development of Venetian and Baroque opera.
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D.
Giovanni Battista Vivaldi
Giovanni Battista Vivaldi was an Italian violinist and music teacher best known as the father and early instructor of the composer Antonio Vivaldi.
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E.
Claudio Monteverdi
Claudio Monteverdi was an influential Italian composer whose innovative works helped bridge the Renaissance and Baroque eras and played a crucial role in the early development of opera.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alessandro Scarlatti Target entity description: Alessandro Scarlatti was an influential Italian Baroque composer, especially renowned for his operas and chamber cantatas, whose style helped shape the development of 18th-century music.
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A.
Arcangelo Corelli
Arcangelo Corelli was an influential Italian Baroque composer and violinist whose works helped establish the foundations of modern violin technique and the concerto grosso form.
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B.
Antonio Vivaldi
Antonio Vivaldi was an influential Italian Baroque composer and virtuoso violinist best known for his concertos, especially the set of violin concertos titled "The Four Seasons."
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C.
Francesco Cavalli
Francesco Cavalli was a prominent 17th-century Italian composer best known for his influential operas that helped shape the early development of Venetian and Baroque opera.
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D.
Giovanni Battista Vivaldi
Giovanni Battista Vivaldi was an Italian violinist and music teacher best known as the father and early instructor of the composer Antonio Vivaldi.
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E.
Claudio Monteverdi
Claudio Monteverdi was an influential Italian composer whose innovative works helped bridge the Renaissance and Baroque eras and played a crucial role in the early development of opera.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Baroque composer
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Italian person ⓘ composer ⓘ human ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1660-05-02 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Kingdom of Sicily
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Palermo ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Italy ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1725-10-24 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Kingdom of Naples
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Naples ⓘ |
| employer |
Queen Christina of Sweden
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Viceroyal court of Naples ⓘ |
| estimatedNumberOfCantatas | over 600 ⓘ |
| estimatedNumberOfOperas | over 60 ⓘ |
| familyName |
Alessandro Scarlatti
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Scarlatti
|
| fatherOf |
Domenico Scarlatti
ⓘ
Pietro Filippo Scarlatti ⓘ |
| fullName |
Alessandro Scarlatti
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti
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| genre |
chamber cantata
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instrumental music ⓘ opera ⓘ oratorio ⓘ sacred music ⓘ |
| givenName | Alessandro ⓘ |
| influenced |
Domenico Scarlatti
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Giovanni Battista Pergolesi ⓘ Neapolitan school of opera ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Italian ⓘ |
| movement | Baroque ⓘ |
| notableFor |
development of the Neapolitan opera style
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large output of chamber cantatas ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Cantate da camera
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Griselda ⓘ Il Mitridate Eupatore ⓘ Judith ⓘ
surface form:
La Giuditta
La Rosaura ⓘ La Statira ⓘ La caduta de’ Decemviri ⓘ Messa di Santa Cecilia ⓘ Sinfonie di concerto grosso ⓘ Stabat Mater in C minor ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
ⓘ
kapellmeister ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
maestro di cappella at Cappella Giulia, St Peter’s Basilica
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maestro di cappella at Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome ⓘ maestro di cappella at the royal chapel in Naples ⓘ |
| residence |
Naples
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Rome ⓘ |
| sibling |
Pietro Filippo Scarlatti
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surface form:
Francesco Scarlatti
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| spouse | Antonia Anzalone ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
clear separation of recitative and aria
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rich contrapuntal writing in sacred works ⓘ use of da capo aria form ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Subject: Alessandro Scarlatti Description of subject: Alessandro Scarlatti was an influential Italian Baroque composer, especially renowned for his operas and chamber cantatas, whose style helped shape the development of 18th-century music.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Pietro Ottoboni
this entity surface form:
Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti
this entity surface form:
Scarlatti