According to Dr. Burney's journal, Galuppi defined music as consisting of 'vaghessa, chiarezza and buona madulazione' (charm, clarity, and good modulation).
Composer Biography
Baldassare Galuppi, known as Il Buranello from his birthplace Burano, played a significant role in the development of opera buffa.
Composer Biography
From 1765 to 1768, Galuppi served as court composer and director of music for the Italian court opera at the court of Catherine the Great in St Petersburg.
Composer Biography
Galuppi's first opera, 'La fede nell'inconstanza', failed at age sixteen, leading him to serious study with Antonio Lotti, first organist at St Mark's in Venice.
Composer Biography
Galuppi established a lasting reputation in England, where two sets of his keyboard sonatas were published by Walsh in 1756 and 1759.
Cultural Impact
Galuppi's name is familiar to readers of Robert Browning's poem 'A Toccata of Galuppi's', an elegy for the vanished heyday of Venice.
Compositional Technique
Galuppi's keyboard sonatas often juxtapose melodious and bravura elements, or melancholy and ebullient moods, sometimes recalling Domenico Scarlatti or the young Mozart.
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