Christoph Willibald Gluck

1714/15 - 1787
Christoph Willibald Gluck was a Bohemian-Austrian composer of Italian and French opera and a leading figure in opera of the second half of the 18th century.

📖 "Simplicity, truth and naturalness are the three great principles of beauty in all works of art."

📖 "Ich betrachte die Musik nicht nur als eine Kunst, das Ohr zu ergötzen, sondern als eins der größten Mittel, das Herz zu bewegen und Empfindungen zu erregen."
In: Carl Reinecke's Aus dem Reich der Töne (1907)

Quotes by Gluck

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Piano Music by Gluck

Download Free Sheet Music - Gluck on IMSLP

👉 Christoph Willibald Gluck / Sgambati Orphée et Eurydice, Wq. 41

Some Recordings of Gluck's Music

Christoph Willibald Gluck / Giovanni Sgambati
Melody from Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30
Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler, piano

Gluck-Sgambati: Melodie
Sergey Rachmaninov, piano

Nelson Freire playing Gluck / Sgambatti

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Piano Music - Christoph Willibald Gluck