Domenico Gallo Rossini (10 aug 1723 – c. 1781) was an Italian

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and

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ist. He was born in Venice in 1734, the son of Gasparo Gallo and Domenica Rossini. Gallo composed mostly

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, including a

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. Gallo also composed violin

sonata In music a sonata (; pl. ''sonate'') literally means a piece ''played'' as opposed to a cantata (Latin and Italian ''cantare'', "to sing"), a piece ''sung''. The term evolved through the history of music, designating a variety of forms until th ...

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and possibly

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s. Domenico Gallo married Maria Giulia Guatelli about 1768 in Groppo (Ligure). Some trio sonatas by Domenico Gallo were long attributed to

Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Giovanni Battista Draghi (; 4 January 1710 – 16 or 17 March 1736), usually referred to as Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (), was an Italian Baroque composer, violinist, and organist, leading exponent of the Baroque; he is considered one of the g ...

, including those upon which

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based his music for the ballet ''

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''. In fact, half of the surviving works by Gallo were once attributed to Pergolesi, probably because Gallo was little known, Pergolesi was famous and his name would sell the music.Liner notes by Franz Blaschko for the recording by Parnassi musici of Gallo's 12 Trio Sonatas (cpo 999 717-2)

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* 1730 births 1760s deaths Musicians from the Republic of Venice Year of death uncertain 18th-century Italian male musicians 18th-century Italian composers Italian male composers Italian classical violinists Italian male classical violinists Musicians from Venice {{violinist-stub