Choir; Orchestra; Early
Music
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UT.NAP-3R
La
Santissima Vergine del
Rosario. Oratorio for 5
Voices and Instruments
(1707). Critical
Edition. Composed by
Alessandro Scarlatti.
Edited by Giampiero
Locatelli Nicolò
Maccavino. Napoli e
l’Europa (Naples
and Europe). Classical.
Vocal Score. Ut Orpheus
#NAP 3R. Published by Ut
Orpheus (UT.NAP-3R).
ISBN 9790215323186.
7.7 x 10.6
inches.
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erformance Material on
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From the
beginning of 1703
throughout the whole
duration of his residency
in Rome (prolonged until
the end of 1708, with the
exception of the Venetian
visit), the composition
of oratorios was one of
the principal activities
of Alessandro Scarlatti,
who added to his already
noteworthy output with
the creation of new
masterpieces. Among these
Il giardino di
rose – the
subject of the present
critical edition –
stands out for its
stylistic innovations as
well as for its intrinsic
musical qualities.
Authoritative scholars
have indicated for some
time that this piece may
be considered as one of
the best compositions of
the Palermitan musician;
and recently Saverio
Franchi (to whom we owe
the first critical
edition), as well as
pointing to the beauty of
the music, its fine
expressive qualities, has
drawn attention to its
modernity, going as far
as to consider the
oratorio ‘an
exemplary work, a model
of European stature, to
which Handel himself had
to measure up in order to
create his
Resurrection
Oratorio. This was
performed (in 1708)
barely a year after Il
giardino di rose in
the same place, for the
identical occasion, and
for the same
commissioning patron, the
Marchese Francesco Maria
Ruspoli.
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