| Description |
238 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm. |
| Series |
The master musicians
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Master musicians series.
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| Note |
"Catalogue of works": pages 216-218. |
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First published 1936; reprinted 1954. |
| Contents |
I-DEVELOPMENT -- Origins -- Childhood and youth -- Prague -- Vienna -- Zeno and Metastasio -- Mila-Sammartini -- The first operas -- London -- Travelling conductor -- Home in Vienna -- Durazzo -- L'innocenza giustificata -- Minor rivals -- Relapses in Rome and Vienna -- The opera comique -- La rencontre imprevue(The pilgrims to Mecca) -- The dramatic ballet: Don Juan -- II-THE "REFORM" OF THE ITALIAN OPERA -- Calzabigi -- Orfeo ed Euridice -- Il trionfo di Clelia -- Minor works: telemacco- semiramide -- The manifesto of the Dramma per musica --Precursors of the manifesto -- Alceste -- Paride ed Elena -- Intermezzo -- Klopstock -- III-THE PARIS OPERAS -- Connection and preparation -- Ipbigenie en Aulide -- Revivals -- Piccini-- Armide -- Ipbigenie en Tauride -- Echo et narcisse -- IV-CLOSE OF LIFE AND INFLUENCE -- Withdrawal to Vienna -- Les Danaides -- Old age and death -- The succession |
| Subject |
Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787.
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Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787. |
| Added Author |
Blom, Eric, 1888-1959.
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