Life and career Scarlatti was born in Naples, Kingdom of Naples, then belonging to the Spanish Empire. He was born in 1685, the same year as Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel. He was the sixth of ten children of the composer and teacher Alessandro Scarlatti. His older brother Pietro Filippo was also a musician.
Life and career Scarlatti was born in Naples Kingdom of Naples then belonging to the Spanish Empire He was born in 1685 the same year as Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel He was the sixth of ten children of the composer and teacher Alessandro Scarlatti His older brother Pietro Filippo was also a musician