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| Era | Classical |
| Birth - Death | 2 July 1714 - 15 Nov 1787 |
| Summary | Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck was a composer of the 18th century, most noted for his operatic works. After many years at the Habsburg court at Vienna, Gluck brought about the practical reform of opera's dramaturgical practices that many intellectuals had been campaigning for over the years. With a series of radical new works in the 1760s, among them Orfeo ed Euridice and Alceste, he broke the stranglehold that Metastasian opera seria had enjoyed for much of the century. Fusing the traditions of Italian opera and the French national genre into a new synthesis, Gluck wrote eight operas for the Parisian stages. One of the last of these, Iphigénie en Tauride, was a great success and is generally acknowledged to be his finest work. |
| Video | Orfeo ed Euridice |
| More Information | Christoph Willibald Gluck - Classical Music Pages essay from The Grove Concise Dictionary of Music includes portrait and details of changes in opera during his life Christoph Willibald Gluck - Biography noting his escape from his father's disapproval, portraits, partial discography, notable works, and related material from the Here Of A Sunday Morning radio program. Christoph Willibald Gluck - Karadar Classical Music Dictionary entry features life, operas, portraits and scanned manuscripts, and MIDI audio files. Classical Music Archives: Christoph Willibald Gluck - Biography from the Concise Oxford Dictionary of music Christoph Willibald von Gluck - Vocal works, some with German, French, or Italian texts, a few also with English translations from the Lied and Art Song Texts Page at REC Music Christoph Willibald Gluck - Biography tracing his progression from Bohemia through much of Europe, showing his collaborators, noting his influence on opera, and providing a summary list of works. From the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio. Gluck, Christoph Willibald - Brief biography, caricature, and summaries of his operatic and balletic music with Naxos discography Christoph Willibald Gluck - Biography, key works, timeline, recommended recordings, quotes, and suggested further resources from Humanities Web Christoph Willibald Gluck - Free scores in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki) Free scores by Christoph Willibald Gluck in the Werner Icking Music Archive Christoph Willibald Gluck - His life and works by Wikipedia CHRISTOPH WILLIBALD GLUCK - Biography and discography from Goldberg ClassicsToday.com Review Digest for Works by Christoph Willibald Gluck Armide (1783) - Christoph Willibald Gluck - University of North Texas Internationale Gluck-Gesellschaft site |
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