 If Beck had indeed "not" killed the other man and he knew by then that everything had been a vicious prank and his opponent alive, then the story might be true after all.Whatever the circumstances of his departure, from Mannheim Beck made his way to Venice where he appeared as a violinist and studied composition with Baldassare Galuppi.Galuppi, whose name as a composer has faded over the centuries, was between 1750 and 1765 the most performed opera composer in Europe.