This book offers an account of the sacred music written by Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725) in Rome, a city where the composer lived and worked for many years t

This book offers an account of the sacred music written by Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725) in Rome, a city where the composer lived and worked for many years t

"These volumes form a complete encyclopedia and history of music and musicians. They comprise a library covering the whole field of musical literature. The mate

First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Early modern Naples has been characterized as a marginal, wild and exotic place on the fringes of the European world, and as such an appropriate target of attem