Domenico Scarlatti | Timeline

Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti (Naples, 26 October 1685 – Madrid, 23 July 1757) was an Italian composer who spent much of his life in the service of the Portuguese and Spanish royal families. He is classified primarily as a Baroque composer chronologically, although his music was influential in the development of the Classical style and he was one of the few Baroque composers to transition into the classical period. Like his renowned father Alessandro Scarlatti, he composed in a variety of musical forms, although today he is known mainly for his 555 keyboard sonatas. (Wikipedia)

October 26, 1685 - Naples - Domenico Scarlatti is born

September 13, 1701 - Naples - Appointed organist and composer of the Royal Chapel =(START)

January 2, 1702 - Naples - Alessandro Scarlatti requests a permission of 10 months leave for him and Domenico - he is denied

June 14, 1702 - Naples - Alessandro and Domenico obtain permission to travel to Florence for 4 months

August 1(?), 1702 - Florence - Alessandro and Domenico attend the Motets composed by Alessandro for the birthday of Cosimo and Prince Ferdinando

November 1(?), 1702 - Naples - Domenico returns to Naples

December 19, 1703 - Naples - Premiere of "Il Giustino" in the Royal palace to celebrate Felipe V's 20th birthday

January(?) 1(?), 1704 - Naples - Scarlatti revises Carlo Francesco Pollarolo's opera "Irene" for a presentation in Naples

May(?) 1(?), 1704 - Venice - Alessandro Scarlatti sends his son to Venice

October 25, 1704 - Naples - His father's post in Naples is declared vacant. Alessandro looses hope that Domenico is appointed for the job, after Gaetano Veneziano is appointed

April 1(?), 1705 - Naples - Domenico departs to Florence in the company of Nicolò Grimaldi, a famous "Castrato"

May 30, 1705 - Rome - Domenico stops at Rome and picks up the letter his father wrote to Ferdinando de Medici

November 1(?), 1705 - Venice - Domenico attends the rehearsals and premiere of "Antioco", with Grimaldi singing

May 14, 1707 - Rome - Concert at Cardinal Ottoboni's house - possible date of the famous organ/harpsichord competition between Händel and Domenico Scarlatti

January(?) 1(?), 1709 - Rome - Scarlatti goes to Rome to put himself in service of the Exiled Polish queen María Casimira

January 17, 1709 - Rome - Domenico Scarlatti conducts his father's opera "Il Figlie delle Selve" at the Palazzo Zuccari

May(?) 1(?), 1709 - Rome - Domenico Scarlatti meets Silvius Leopold Weiss and Thomas Roseingrave
June(?) 1(?), 1709 - Rome - Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni holds a keyboard "trial of skill" between Domenico Scarlatti and Händel. At the conclusion of the contest, Händel is judged the better organist, while Scarlatti is deemed the superior harpsichordist.
January 27, 1710 - Rome - Premiere of the pastoral drama "La Silvia"

January 19, 1711 - Rome - Premiere of the Opera "Tolomeo ed Alessandro overo la Corona disprezzata"

January 10, 1712 - Rome - Premiere of "Tetide in Sciro"

January 1(?), 1714 - Rome - Domenico's last Opera for the Queen - "Amor d'un'ombra e gelosia d'un'aura"

June 6, 1714 - Rome - "Applauso genetliaco del Signor infante di Portogallo" to celebrate the birth of the Prince heir of Portugal. First work for the Marquis of Fontes, the portuguese ambassador

December 22, 1714 - Rome - Death of Tommaso Bai. Domenico replaces him as Capelmeister of the Giulia Basilica

January(?) 1(?), 1715 - Vatican City - Scarlatti becomes Chapel Meister at St.Peter's Basilica

April 11, 1715 - Vatican City - Feast, procession and transfer of Saint Leo's body

June 30, 1715 - Vatican City - "Vespers of Saint Peter and Saint Paul"

November 18, 1715 - Vatican City - "La Sacra di Saint Pietro"

January 28, 1717 - Vatican City - Alessandro writes  a legal document through which he emancipated Domenico and adquired napolitan citizenship for him

March 25, 1718 - In England, "The Daily Courant" announces the singing of "famous" Domenico Scarlatti's Works

August 1(?), 1719 - Vatican City - Domenico leaves his post at the Vatican

September 24, 1719 - Lisbon - Serenade in the King's Chamber with "his majesty's new excellent musicians". Domenico was probably one of them

October 22, 1719 - Lisbon - Serenade "Triunfos de Ulyses y glorias de Portugal"

November 29, 1719 - Lisbon - Domenico Scarlatti arrives in Lisbon (official)

May 30, 1720 - Scarlatti's brother directs Domenico's opera "Narciso" at King's Theatre in London

September 1, 1720 - Concert in London by "Scarlatti" (probably his uncle Francesco)

September 6, 1720 - Lisbon - Scarlatti conducts a serenade for the birthday of Queen Mariana of Portugal

December 31, 1721 - Lisbon - "Te Deum Laudamus" is sung for thanksgiving ceremonies at Saint Roque Church

December 27, 1722 - Lisbon - Serenade for the King and his Court

June 11, 1724 - Rome - (possible) arrival in Rome. Meets Quantz near the end of the year

January 13, 1725 - Rome - (Possible) departure to Naples

October 9, 1725 - Lisbon - "Te Deums" are sung to commemorate the engagement of Princess Maria Bárbara with the Prince heir of Spain

January 28, 1727 - Lisbon - Leaves Lisbon for Rome

January 11, 1728 - Lisbon - "Festeggio Armonico" at the Queen's chamber, with fireworks over Lisbon

May 6, 1728 - Rome - Marries Maria Caterina Gentili, during a visit to Rome

January 7, 1729 - Lisbon - The portuguese royal family departs to Spain

January 16, 1729 - Badajoz, Spain - The royal family of Portugal arrive in Badajoz during heavy snow

January 19, 1729 - River Caia (near Badajoz) - The Spanish royal family arrives on River Caia. Concerts start

January 27, 1729 - River Caia - King John V says goodbye to Scarlatti as he orders him to follow Princess Maria Barbara to Spain as her music máster

February 3, 1729 - Seville - Scarlatti arrives in Seville with Princess Maria Bárbara

March 9, 1731 - Seville - Baptism of Fernando, Domenico's second son

May 16, 1733 - Seville - The Spanish Court leaves Sevilla

June 12, 1733 - Aranjuez (between Toledo and Madrid) - The Spanish Court arrives in Aranjuez

October 17, 1733 - Aranjuez - The Spanish Court departs to the "Escorial"

December 7, 1733 - Madrid - The Spanish Court arrives in Madrid

February 12, 1735 - Madrid - Domenico and Catalina write a mutual testament

March 8, 1738 - King John V decrees that Domenico Scarlatti is worthy of being named a knight of the Order of Santiago

April 21, 1738 - El Pardo (11km N of Madrid) - Ritual to become a Knight of Santiago before the altar of the San Antonio Convent

June(?) 1(?), 1738 - Madrid - Scarlatti finishes his first collection of "essercizi" and dedicates the work to King John V of Portugal

November 9, 1738 - Madrid - Birth of Maria, Domenico's last daughter

February 3, 1739 - Madrid - Domenico's first collection of harpsichord "essercizi" begin selling in London

May 6, 1739 - Aranjuez - Catalina Scarlatti dies

January(?) 1(?), 1742 - Madrid - Maria Caterina Gentili dies. Scarlatti marries Anastasia Maxarti Ximenes later in 1742

September 7, 1746 - Madrid - The french ambassador mentions the presence of Scarlatti and Farinelli in a letter to the King

October 19, 1749 - Madrid - Scarlatti dictates his last will and Testament

January(?) 1(?), 1752 - Madrid - Scarlatti starts compiling his life's work in 13 volumes

July 23, 1757 - Madrid - Domenico Scarlatti dies, aged 71 =(END)