Alessandro Scarlatti, Serenata [cantatas]

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Scope and Content

"Serenata / del Signr / Scarlatti".

Score. Nine Italian cantatas by Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725). The title is taken from the spine. Each cantata has a separate title-page. Casing: vellum. 8-stave MS paper. Thirty-two gatherings, numbered, in ink. Foliation added when catalogued. References given below are taken from Edwin Hanley, 'Alessandro Scarlatti's "Cantate da Camera": A Bibliographical Study', (unpublished doctoral dissertation, Yale, 1963). The 'bc' part is unlabelled, but figured.