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Name: Christoph Willibald Gluck
Birth Date: July 2, 1714
Death Date: November 15, 1787
Place of Birth: Erasbach, Germany
Place of Death: Vienna, Germany
Nationality: Austrian
Gender: Male
Occupations: composer

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Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787) was a composer and opera reformer. His operas represent an end to the older style of the opera seria and the beginning of the modern music drama. Christoph Willibald Gluck was born of German-Bohemian stock on July...


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Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck (born 2 July 1714 Erasbach, Upper Palatinate; died 15 Nov 1787 in Vienna) 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...


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Sleek Wagner, Severe Gluck, Downtown Glass
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For many, the operas of Richard Wagner can be a hard slog: The philosophical conundrums of the librettos, the grating consonants of the German language, and the sheer sitzfleisch needed to get through a five-hour show can make a night with Netflix seem suddenly appealing....


 

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