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    Christoph Willibald (Ritter von) Gluck (German: [ˈkʁɪstɔf ˈvɪlɪbalt ˈɡlʊk]; 2 July 1714 – 15 November 1787) was a German composer of Italian and French...
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  • The composer Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787) is best known for his operas, of which he wrote 49 in all. His most significant and well-known work...
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    Wq. 37 (the later French version is Wq. 44), is an opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck from 1767. The libretto (in Italian) was written by Ranieri de'...
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    Opera seria was the most prestigious form of Italian opera, until Christoph Willibald Gluck reacted against its artificiality with his "reform" operas in...
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    This is a list of compositions by Christoph Willibald Gluck. Wq. Number by Alfred Wotquenne (1867-1939). Wq.1 – Artaserse (1741) Wq.2 – Demetrio – or...
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  • seria from the Early Classical Period in three acts composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck, staged in 1750 and revised in 1763. Metastasio's libretto for...
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    Orfeo ed Euridice (category Operas by Christoph Willibald Gluck)
    Eurydice; English: Orpheus and Eurydice) is an opera composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck, based on the myth of Orpheus and set to a libretto by Ranieri...
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  • the Paris Opera, but the committee in charge favors a rival, Christoph Willibald Gluck. He goes to Marie-Joséphine's cousin, Stéphanie Félicité, comtesse...
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  • Armide is an opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck, set to a libretto by Philippe Quinault. Gluck's fifth production for the Parisian stage and the composer's...
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  • Antonio Vivaldi, Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel and Christoph Willibald Gluck feature prominently, although no French composers are included...
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    an ode by William Hayes (1735) Orfeo ed Euridice, an opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck (1762) Orfeo ed Euridice [it], an opera by Ferdinando Bertoni...
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    Boccherini, Domenico Cimarosa, Joseph Martin Kraus, Muzio Clementi, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, André Grétry, Pierre-Alexandre...
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  • Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787) was a composer of Italian and French opera. Gluck may also refer to: Gluck (surname) 7624 Gluck, a main-belt asteroid...
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    La corona (The Crown) is an opera by the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck. It takes the form of an azione teatrale in one act. The Italian-language...
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  • Il re pastore (The Shepherd King) is an opera by the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck. It takes the form of a dramma per musica in three acts. The Italian-language...
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    en Aulide, play by Jean Racine. Iphigénie en Aulide, opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck. Iphigenia, film by Michael Cacoyannis. The Songs of the Kings...
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  • (French: [ifiʒeni ɑ̃ toʁid], Iphigenia in Tauris) is a 1779 opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck in four acts. It was his fifth opera for the French stage. The...
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    while his realistic and intimate portrait of the opera composer Christoph Willibald Gluck (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna) catches the composer at the...
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    Don Juan (ballet) (category Ballets by Christoph Willibald Gluck)
    a ballet with a libretto by Ranieri de' Calzabigi, music by Christoph Willibald von Gluck, and choreography by Gasparo Angiolini. The ballet's first performance...
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  • The Monteverdi Choir was founded in 1964 by Sir John Eliot Gardiner for a performance of the Vespro della Beata Vergine in King's College Chapel, Cambridge...
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    and conversations with her were stilted. Under the teaching of Christoph Willibald Gluck, Maria Antonia developed into a good musician. She learned to...
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  • roughly from 1730 to 1820. Prominent classicist composers include Christoph Willibald Gluck, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Johann Stamitz, Joseph Haydn, Johann...
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  • Paride ed Elena (category Operas by Christoph Willibald Gluck)
    [ˈpaːride ed ˈɛːlena]; Paris and Helen) is an opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck. It is the third of Gluck's so-called reform operas for Vienna, following Orfeo...
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    (1692–1750), sculptors, workers in stucco, painters, and architects Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787), composer Franz Hanfstaengl (1804–1877), painter,...
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    his operas, written in keeping with the reforms introduced by Christoph Willibald Gluck and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Méhul was born at Givet in Ardennes...
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    Antonio Salieri (category Pupils of Christoph Willibald Gluck)
    opera. As a student of Florian Leopold Gassmann, and a protégé of Christoph Willibald Gluck, Salieri was a cosmopolitan composer who wrote operas in three...
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    century it was clear that these formats were becoming fossilized. Christoph Willibald Gluck thought that both opera buffa and opera seria had strayed too...
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  • soprano Barbara Gluck (born 1938), American photographer Carol Gluck (born 1941), American historian of modern Japan Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787)...
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  • the composer Christoph Willibald Gluck's surname derives from the Czech word kluk (boy). Notable people with the surname include: Abbe Gluck, American legal...
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    Écho et Narcisse (category Operas by Christoph Willibald Gluck)
    drame lyrique in three acts, the last original opera written by Christoph Willibald Gluck, his sixth for the French stage. The libretto, written by Louis-Théodore...
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