Christoph Willibald von Gluck
Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck (born in Erasbach, July 2, 1714; died in Vienna, November 15, 1787) was a German composer. He is famous for his operas which were written in a new and exciting way. He was not interested in writing operas which were just a series of songs for singers to show off. He wanted to make his operas into good pieces of drama. His operas had a big influence on later composers like Mozart, Weber and Wagner. He wrote Italian operas and French operas.
Christoph Willibald Von Gluck Media
Statue of Gluck in Weidenwang
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House in Erasbach, constructed in 1713 by Gluck's father, where many believe the composer was born.
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Blick zum Schloss Eisenberg (Zámek Jezeří) bei Horní Jiřetín (Obergeorgenthal)
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The Jesuit church in Chomutov
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Bust of Gluck, whose face was noticeably pockmarked
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Johann Franz Greipel – Il Parnaso confuso by Christoph Willibald Gluck (music) and Pietro Metastasio (libretto). Performed on 24 January 1765 by the children of Maria Theresia: Maria Amalia (Apollo), Maria Elisabeth (Melpomene), Maria Josepha (Euterpe), Maria Karolina (Erato), Leopold (Harpsichord)
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Carmen Lavani in Le cinesi (1973). The work is very much in the vein of the chinoiserie so popular in its time. Le cinesi reflects cultural overlap between the Austrian court and the distant Chinese court. In Le cinesi, Metastasio gives a lesson on the different forms of theatre: pastoral, comedy and tragedy.
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Title-page of the first printed score
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Gluck by Zéphirin Belliard