Who was Alessandro Scarlatti, and what was his career like?
• Be prepared to work on and discuss the following pieces (NB. You are not required to complete an analysis before class; rather we will work on some or all of these during the next class or two): • Monteverdi, Il Combattimento… (Anthology 7) • Lully, Armide (Anthology 9) • Strozzi, Ardo in tacito foco (Anthology 10) • A. Scarlatti, Correa nel seno amato (Anthology 11) • Purcell, From Rosy Bowers (Anthology 12) • Links to several excellent videos of Monteverdi’s Orfeo and a short radio program about Monteverdi have been added to the course home page. • For the ambitious, start reading Schulenberg, Chapter 7-8, for Monday and beyond.
