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    Christoph W. von Gluck - Birthplace
Christoph W. von Gluck - Birthplace
Christoph W. von Gluck - Birthplace
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Datierung durch Nutzer:in/Absender:in/Empfänger:in 1942
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Verlag / Druck / Herausgeber : Theodore Presser Co. (Philadelphia (USA))
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Christoph W. von Gluck | Born July 2, 1714. Died November 25, 1787. | It was not until the time of Gluck that German Opera | received its real impetus. Although Gluck was born | in Bohemia, at Weidenwang, he was, like so many | musicians of his time, more or less of a wanderer. His | career was romantic; he was the favorite composer of | that ill-fated Queen of France, Marie Antoinette, for | who he wrote Gavottes to which she might dance. | There was hardly an art center in Europe which he had | not visited, from Copenhagen to Naples; in London, | he heard and admired the works of Handel. |
But his real destiny was to found a new and real | school of opera. The conventional Italian Opera, | growing out of the Renaissance (revival of art and | learning), was becoming decadent (a mere show-off). | He replaced opera ipon true dramatic foundations. | The practical application of his theories culminated in | his Orfeo (Orpheus), produced in Vienna, 1762. This | work is still in the standard repertoire. His works had | a profound influence upon von Weber, the next out- | standing figure in German opera, and even the great | Richard Wagner acknowledged his indebtedness to | these two. In his own time, Gluck's work stood out | alone; although bitterly opposed in Paris, he finally | defeated, with ease, his greatest rival, Piccinni (Italian | composer). |

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Christoph Willibald Gluck
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Sammlung Christoph Müller-Oberhäuser
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