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Baldassare Galuppi (1706--85), during the course of his compositional career, composed a number of settings of the Marian antiphon text " Salve Regina," of which only one choral and five solo settings survive. In this thesis Galuppi's compositional career is reviewed and the history of the Venetian ospedali, or orphanages, addressed, especially as it relates to the composer's tenure at the Ospedale di San Lazzaro dei Mendicanti and the Ospedale del Santissimo Salvatore degli Incurabili. Also, the importance of the Marian text itself is discussed in relation to Galuppi's works at the two institutions. The five solo settings for soprano and orchestra, two of which are securely dated, are examined individually and, based on stylistic considerations, given a tentative chronology. Problems of attribution for one of the settings are discussed in light of the discovery of a second manuscript source attributed to Giovanni Battista Borghi. Critical editions of the five solo settings are included.

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