Talk:Alessandro Scarlatti

Encyclopedic Content Must Be Verifiable
You know, I bet everything in this article is true... but I have no way of verifying this.

This needs all of that stuff that fleshes out a good article... like a reason for believing anything written here. Gingermint (talk) 03:20, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Comment
There seems some confusion over dates and patrons here:


 * 1) "In the interval he enjoyed the patronage of Ferdinand III of Tuscany". This redirects to Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany, for whom the lifespan of 1769–1824 is given. Hence Ferdinand III wasn't born until 44 years after Scarlatti's death in 1725.


 * 1) "The operas composed for Ferdinand de' Medici are lost". There were two Ferdinands de' Medici: 1549–1609 and 1610-1670. The first died before Scarlatti's birth in 1660, and Scarlatti was only ten when the second died.

Can someone provide some clarification here? --BillC 23:36, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

Yes, I can. It is not Ferdinand III of Tuscany (the third austrian ruler of Tuscany). It is Ferdinando III de' Medici (1663 – 1713). Actually he is called Ferdinando III improperly, because he never ruled. I have fixed the links in the article. Greetings from Florence, Italy.

Silvano 02:53, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

More confusion over dates -- this article has Alessandro Scarlatti (born 1660) as the father of Domenico Scarlatti (born 1665). And just to make sure no one imagines there was some other Domenico Scarlatti, it links to the Domenico born just five years after his "father".

kentfx 04:45, 21 November 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kentfx (talk • contribs)

Scarlatti as the originator of the Ritornello
I did not quite understand the claim of Scarlatti being the one who introduced Ritornello into operas. We see earlier examples of the use of ritornello going as far back as Monteverdi. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 89.1.146.251 (talk) 11:51, 23 January 2007 (UTC).

Date of death
Most if not all of the major European language WPs, including Italian, have him dying on 24 October. We prefer 22 October. What do we know that all the others don't? --  Jack of Oz   [pleasantries]  08:38, 14 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Hmm, very interesting. Looking in my usual dead-tree sources -- Donald J. Grout's article in the 1980 New Grove gives 22 October; Roberto Pagano's article in the most recent New Grove (2001?) gives 22 October; and Nicolas Slonimsky's big Baker's Biographical article also gives 22 October. Not sure where the 24 October date comes from. None of the articles give exact details of his last day(s). Antandrus (talk) 17:22, 14 February 2021 (UTC)


 * Very belated thanks, Antandrus. --  Jack of Oz   [pleasantries]  08:36, 13 August 2021 (UTC)