Gluck, detail of a portrait by Joseph Duplessis, dated 1775 (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna) rename

• Christoph Willibald Gluck

  

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  • Opera,
  • Ballet

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  Date of birth:

  Jul 2, 1714

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  Country of nationality:

  • Germany

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  Profession:

  • Opera composer

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  Date of death:

  Nov 15, 1787

  Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck (2 July 1714 – 15 November 1787) was an opera composer of the early classical period. After many years at the Habsburg court at Vienna, Gluck brought about the practical reform of opera's dramaturgical practices...

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