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| works = [[List of operas by Alessandro Scarlatti|List of operas]] | | works = [[List of operas by Alessandro Scarlatti|List of operas]] | ||
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'''Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti''' {{date|1660|05|02}} – {{date|1725|10|22}} was an Italian Baroque composer, known especially for his operas and chamber cantatas. He is considered the most important representative of the Neapolitan school of opera. He was the father of two other composers, Domenico Scarlatti and Pietro Filippo Scarlatti.<ref name="britannica"/> | |||
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His oratorio ''[[Sedecia, re di Gerusalemme]]'' as first performed in 1705. It | |||
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