Allesandro And Domenico Scarlatti : Two Lives in One

List of Illustrations viii Translator's Preface ix Author's Preface xi Prologue xxi I. the Scarlattino alias the Sicilian 1(13) II. The Genius of Parthenope, the Glory of the Sebeto, the Delight of Mergellina 14(21) La Scarlati, her brother, the viceroy 22(4) Baptism at the sign of the heraldic riddle 26(9) III. Maecenas atavis elite regibus... 35(22) The Orpheus of the Princes 46(11) IV....a falling virt 57(14) V....in Palermo, with the universal indulgence of all the Virtuosi and Composers of Music... 71(18) ...the prodigious harmony of Don Emanuello Rincon de Astorga 80(9) VI....an Eagle, whose Wings are grown 89(19) VII. Fugue for two voices, with some liberties 108(16) VIII. Polish intermezzi - 1: I was born of a Gallic cock a simple hen, /Lived among the Pole-try and then a queen... 124(9) IX. Polish Intermezzi - 2: To Rome I came, Christian and not Christine 133(12) X. A time of penitence and of darkness 145(24) Nostalgia for Christina 158(3) escorted only by his ability (which is greatly advanced...) 161(4) Et in Arcadia ego... 165(4) XI. Fugue in two voices with many artifices 169(23) ...in Venice, where virt finds every esteem and favor 178(14) XII. Roseingrave, Handel, and the devil 192(25) ...on the occasions of greatest need... 199(9) ...made to return here to the service of this royal Chapel by His Eminence... 208(6) ...a graceful and most pleasing comedy\in music... 214(3) XIII. Bloodless disputes of courteous patrons, against the background of a war which only indirectly besieges Rome 217(15) A barony that kills music 221(4) Aurea mediocritas romana 225(7) XIV....etpetisse, ut vellet, ipsum emancipare et a Patria potestate, et paternis nexibus liberare 232(41) Portuguese glories of a delayed Ulysses 246(6) The two Dornenicos? 252(8) Heic situs est eques Alexander Scarlactus musices instaurator maximus 260(13) XV. Music, the solace of illustrious Souls... 273(39) Ma in Ispagna... 282(16) ...filium bonae memoriae equitis Alexandri 298(14) XVI. I believe that the waters of the Manzanares must be the waves of Lethe 312(38) Compositions born...in the service of the deservedly most fortunate...PRINCESS OF THE ASTURIAS 322(20) Salve Regina 342(4) Last Sonatas for Harpsichord of D. Domenico Scarlatti, composed in the Years 1756 and 1757, in which he died 346(4) Appendix: Scarlatti's Emancipation 350(2) Bibliography 352(12) Index 364