Baldassare Galuppi (18/10/1706 - 03/01/1785), an Italian composer and conductor, born in Burano, pupil of Antonio Lotti. Also: Baldasare Galuppi, Baldasarre Galupi, Baldassarre Galuppi.

Galuppi is born on the Venetian island of Burano, which gave him the nickname 'Il Buranello'. Early musical training came from his father, a barber and violinist. Later training came with Antonio Lotti, composer and church organist at St.Mark's in Venice. Galuppi himself later became responsible for the music played in St.Mark's. Europe knew him as an opera composer. He visited and stayed in London and St.Petersburg, where he composed operas for theatres in those cities. He also had a reputation as a harpsichordist; and it was around this reputation that Robert Browning spun his poem A Toccata of Galuppi.