Rate My Professor Rosalind Halton

Halton's research focuses on Alessandro Scarlatti's cantatas, historically informed performance practice, French harpsichord repertoire, and source studies of 17th-18th century music. Key publications include "A Microcosm of Italian Cantata Composition in the 1690s: The Seven Settings of 'A voi che l'accendeste' by Francesco Maria Paglia" (2024), "'Choice things of value': The mysterious genesis and character of the VI concertos in seven parts attributed to Alessandro Scarlatti" (2015, with Michael Talbot, Eighteenth-Century Music), "'Senza cimbalo al tavolino': Alessandro Scarlatti and his 4 Sonate a quattro" (2015, Studi Musicali), and "Birthday tribute or cantata contest: Alessandro Scarlatti's 'A Voi Che L'Accendeste'" (2013). She edited two volumes of Scarlatti's unpublished works for A-R Editions and over 30 pieces for the Web Library of Seventeenth-Century Music. Creative outputs feature CD recordings: The French Harpsichord (ABC Classics, 1997, Soundscapes award winner), Louis Couperin and Friends (2005), and Venere, Adone e Amore: Serenatas and Cantatas of Alessandro Scarlatti (2007). An Honorary Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities since 2013, she performs solo and with ensembles across Australia, Europe, Canada, and New Zealand, broadcasts on ABC Classic FM, and holds editorial roles on Musicology Australia and Journal of Music Research Online.