Alessandro Scarlatti

Italian Baroque composer, born 1660-05-02 in Palermo or Trapani, Sicily, died 1725-10-22 in Naples, Campania.

He is known especially for his operas and chamber cantatas. He is considered the founder of the Neapolitan school of opera. He was the father of two other composers, [a=Domenico Scarlatti] and Pietro Filippo Scarlatti.