Cara e Dolce-Scarlatti-String Trio (arr. Phil Beaman) by Alessandro Scarlatti Sheet Music for String Ensemble at Sheet Music Direct
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Cara e Dolce-Scarlatti-String Trio (arr. Phil Beaman) Digital Sheet Music
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Cara e Dolce-Scarlatti-String Trio (arr. Phil Beaman)by Alessandro Scarlatti String Trio - Digital Sheet Music

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The Italian Baroque composer Alessandro Scarlatti wrote Cara e Dolce as a Vocal Aria for his opera Fidalba e Oreste (ca 1679). It was originally written with just melody and a figured bass line. I have arranged it for an Instrumental Trio. I began by putting the original melody and bass line in place with minor changes. Then I realized a single inner voice according to the figured bass. Since there were no lyrics now, I needed to add interest musically. I next elaborated each of the lines with extra notes to create a more melodic line for each part. Then in several places I also elaborated the figured bass and used period chord substitutions to strengthen texture. Next I devised detailed new phrasing to create a more polyphonic feeling. Finally I decorated with numerous baroque ornaments and dynamics. Don't worry, all that effort was just to make it easy and fun for you to play and absolutely gorgeous. This piece is a fantastic addition to Baroque period repertoire.  
3 page score, 1 page parts
1:30 minutes (can be repeated)
MIDI recording is a short extract from the last page

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