Galante Era

The Galante Era, broadly spanning the 18th century, marks a period in Western classical music that emphasized elegance, accessibility, and a graceful melodic simplicity. It arose as a reaction against the complex, highly ornamented baroque style, favoring instead a clear and lyrical line, homophonic textures, and a refined expressiveness aimed at pleasing the senses. Connecting with the broader Enlightenment ideals of clarity and natural beauty, the music of this era showcased composers like Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and Christoph Willibald Gluck, who made significant contributions with their more intuitive, emotive approach that paved the way for the Classical era. The Galante style is often characterized by a conversational interplay among instruments, lightness in form and ornamentation, and a focus on the aesthetic of courtly sophistication.

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Antonio Salieri
António Teixeira
Baldassare Galuppi
Carl Friedrich Abel
Carl Heinrich Graun
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Carlos Seixas
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Florian Leopold Gassmann
Francisco António de Almeida
Frantisek Tuma
Franz Benda
Franz Xaver Richter
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Giovanni Battista Sammartini
Giuseppe Sarti
Jiří Antonín Benda
Joao Rodrigues Esteves
Johan Helmich Roman
Johann Adolph Scheibe
Johann Gottlieb Goldberg
Johann Gottlieb Graun
Johann Gottlieb Janitsch
Johann Stamitz
Joseph Anton Steffan
José de Nebra
Michel Blavet
Michel Corrette
Niccolò Jommelli
Pieter Hellendaal
Pietro Nardini
Sebastian Bodinus
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
William Boyce
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
William Boyce
Carl Friedrich Abel
Baldassare Galuppi
Giovanni Battista Sammartini
Antonio Salieri
Niccolò Jommelli
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach
Johann Stamitz
Johan Helmich Roman
Michel Corrette
Michel Blavet
Carl Heinrich Graun
Johann Gottlieb Goldberg
Franz Xaver Richter
Jiří Antonín Benda
Carlos Seixas
Johann Gottlieb Graun
Franz Benda
Johann Gottlieb Janitsch
Pieter Hellendaal
José de Nebra
Giuseppe Sarti
Pietro Nardini
Frantisek Tuma
Francisco António de Almeida
Joseph Anton Steffan
Florian Leopold Gassmann
Sebastian Bodinus
Johann Adolph Scheibe
Joao Rodrigues Esteves
António Teixeira