Simplify the following text for a Grade 9 native English-speaking person.
Original: Alessandro Scarlatti ( 2 May 1660 -- 24 October 1725 ) was an Italian Baroque composer especially famous for his operas and chamber cantatas .
Simplified: Alessandro Scarlatti ( born Palermo , 2 May 1660 ; died 24 October 1725 ) was an Italian composer . He lived in the Baroque period .