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Marcello composed and published several sets of concerti (including six under the title La cetra) and some cantatas, often under the pseudonym Eterio Stinfalico. Although his works are performed extremely infrequently today, he is regarded as a very competent composer. Johann Sebastian Bach arranged an oboe concerto in D minor by him for harpsichordA harpsichord is the general term for a family of European keyboard instruments, including the large instrument nowadays called a harpsichord, but also the smaller virginals the muselar virginals and the spinet . All these instruments generate sound by pl ( BWVBWV or Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis ("Bach Works Catalogue") is the numbering system used to identify musical works by Johann Sebastian Bach. The numbers were assigned by Wolfgang Schmieder in 1950, indicating the placement in the catalogue of Bach's works enti 974). This oboe concerto is perhaps Marcello's best-known work.

Alessandro's brother was Benedetto MarcelloBenedetto Marcello ( July 31 or August 1, 1686 July 24, 1739), was an Italian composer. He was of noble family (in his compositions he is frequently described as Patrizio Veneto , and although a pupil of Lotti and Gasparini, was intended by his father to, also a composer.