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Italian Baroque composer renowned as one of the most important founders of the Neapolitan school of opera and a prolific master of vocal music.Born in Palermo, Sicily, Scarlatti emerged as a dominant figure in Italian music. He served as maestro di cappella for Queen Christina of Sweden in Rome and later held prestigious positions at the viceregal court in Naples. Prolific beyond measure, he composed over 100 operas, 700 cantatas, numerous oratorios, masses, and instrumental works....

Pedro da Silva was a significant Portuguese composer and organist active during the Baroque period.Active in Lisbon during the late 17th and early 18th centuries, Silva held prestigious positions as organist at major churches, including the Lisbon Cathedral and the Basilica da Estrela. He is primarily known for his keyboard music, particularly his surviving harpsichord works preserved in important Portuguese manuscripts like the 'Livro de Obras de Orgão'....

Italian composer, singer, and influential figure in early Roman Baroque music.Stefano Landi was an Italian composer and singer active in Rome during the early Baroque period. He served in various prestigious positions, including at the Collegio Germanico and as a singer in the papal choir (Cappella Giulia) at St. Peter's Basilica. Landi is best known for his sacred music (masses, motets) and secular works, particularly his 1632 opera 'Il Sant'Alessio' (Saint Alexius), considered one of the ea...

Austrian composer, music theorist, and pedagogue of the Baroque era, renowned for his influential treatise on counterpoint, 'Gradus ad Parnassum'.Born near Graz, Styria (1660).Appointed court composer to Emperor Leopold I in Vienna (1698).Became Kapellmeister at St. Stephen's Cathedral (1705).Served as Hofkapellmeister (Imperial Kapellmeister) to Emperors Joseph I and Charles VI (1715 until death).Authored the seminal counterpoint manual 'Gradus ad Parnassum' (1725).Composed significant sacre...