Baldassare Galuppi was a Venetian composer, born on the island of Burano in the Venetian Republic. He belonged to a generation of composers, including Johann Adolph Hasse, Giovanni Battista Sammartini, and C. P. E. Bach, whose works are emblematic of the prevailing galant music that developed in Europe throughout the 18th century. He achieved international success, spending periods of his career in Vienna, London and Saint Petersburg, but his main base remained Venice, where he held a succession of leading appointments.
Galuppi by a Venetian artist, bearing date 1751
Statue of Galuppi in the main square of Burano, the Piazza Galuppi
The King's Theatre, Haymarket, London
Catherine the Great
In music, galant refers to the style which was fashionable in the upper-class societies of Western Europe from the 1720s to the 1770s.
André Campra, L'Europe galante 2nd edition (1698)Ouverture