The list of Italian violinist-composers who settled in the British Isles during the eighteenth century includes Pietro Castrucci, Francesco Geminiani, Felice Giardini, Francesco Barsanti and a member of one of the most renowned musical families of Italy, Francesco Scarlatti. The younger brother of the illustrious oratorio and opera composer Alessandro Scarlatti, and therefore the uncle of the great harpsichord composer Domenico Scarlatti, Francesco Scarlatti left few traces of his life and caree...