Galuppi
Baldassare
[bahl-dahs-sah-re] /ˌbɑl dɑsˈsɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), (I”Il Buranello”) 1706–85, Italian composer.
Historical Examples
She made her first appearance when seventeen years old at the theatre of Lucca, in Galuppi’s opera, “Sofonisba.”
Famous Singers of To-day and Yesterday Henry C. Lahee
But the music was not all to the tune of “A Toccata of Galuppi’s.”
The Life of Florence Nightingale vol. 1 of 2 Edward Tyas Cook
Ritter, in his History of Music (p. 245), has a concise but expressive notice of Galuppi.
The Browning Cyclopdia Edward Berdoe
For it is a portrait of a young and beautiful woman, such as Galuppi Baldassare wrote music about—you know, of course!
A Likely Story William De Morgan
The Toccata of Galuppi left behind as its relics the melancholy of mundane pleasure and a sense of its transitory existence.
Robert Browning Edward Dowden
Especially, it may be, if one has heard Galuppi’s own music played by a friend who is himself now dead.
A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 George Saintsbury
At this time the composer Galuppi was musical director at the Russian court.
History of the Opera from its Origin in Italy to the present Time Henry Sutherland Edwards
Electors birthday; Le Nozze, music by Galuppi, and two ballets.
The Life of Ludwig van Beethoven, Volume I (of 3) Alexander Wheelock Thayer
To mention but one example, his rendering of Browning’s Toccata of Galuppi is masterly.
A History of Bohemian Literature Count Ltzow
After Galuppi’s return to Italy, in 1744, the best of his new operas continued to be produced in London.
History of the Opera from its Origin in Italy to the present Time Henry Sutherland Edwards
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