Christoph Willibald Gluck 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 2,... more
Gluck, Christoph Willibald (born July 2, 1714, Erasbach, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria—died Nov. 15, 1787, Vienna, Austria) German opera composer. Son of a forester, he ran away to study music in Prague. He traveled widely, writing operas for various cities, before settling in 1... more
