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KEYBOARD MUSIC BY GALUPPI
Baldassare Galuppi. Le opere strumentali. Serie prima: Música per tastiera, Volume 1: Opera 1, Opera 2, Passatempo al cembalo. A cura di Mario Folena e Roberto Loreggian. Padua: Armelin Música, 2009. [Pref. in It., p. v; criteri editoriali in It., p. vi; score, p. 3-118; contents, p. [119]. ISMN M-2158-1351-9; pub. no. A1351M; series no. GOS 101. euro35.]
Baldassare Galuppi. Le opere strumentali. Serie prima: Música per tastiera, Volume 2: [Manoscritti da fonti veneziane]. A cura di Federica Iannella e Giuliana Maccaroni. Padua: Armelin Música, 2012. [Pref. in It., p. v; criteri editoriali in It., p. vii-viii; critical apparatus in It., p. ix-xvii; score, p. 1-107; contents, p. [109]. ISMN 979-0-2158-1742-5; series no. GOS 102. euro35.]
Baldassare Galuppi. Le opere strumentali. Serie prima: Música per tastiera, Volume 3: [Manoscritti da fonti italiane (non veneziane)]. A cura di Elisa Fontana e Roberto Velasco. Padua: Armelin Música, 2013. [Pref. in It., p. v; criteri editoriali in It., p. vi-vii; critical apparatus in It., p. viii-xxiii; score, p. 1-99; contents, p. [101]. ISMN 979-0-2158-1823-1; series no. GOS 103. euro40.]
Baldassare Galuppi. Le opere strumentali. Serie prima: Música per tastiera, Volume 4: [Manoscritti da fonti italiane diverse]. A cura di Alvise De Piero. Padua: Armelin Música, 2013. [Pref. in It., p. v-vii; cri- teri editoriali in It., p. viii-x; critical apparatus in It., p. xi-xxvii; score, p. 1-128; contents, p. [129]. ISMN 979-0-2158-1824-8; series no. GOS 104. euro45.]
While the name of Baldassare Galuppi (1706-1785) may be familiar to readers from Robert Browning's poem A Toccata of Galuppi's, his music is relatively little known today. He was, however, one of the most successful Italian composers of the eigh- teenth century. Galuppi occupied a promi- nent position in Venetian musical life as choirmaster of San Marco and two ospedali, achieved international fame with his prodi- gious operatic output, and contributed to the development of the dramma giocoso through his midcentury collaborations with the playwright Carlo Goldoni. "II Buranello," as Galuppi was nicknamed after his birthplace of Burano in the Venetian la- goon, was also a celebrated organ and harpsichord performer and a prolific com- poser for the keyboard. Although musi- cians today may be acquainted with some of his keyboard sonatas, few are likely to be...