Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice ballet music

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Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice ballet music is the orchestral dance and ballet score composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck for his reform opera "Orfeo ed Euridice," noted for its graceful melodies and dramatic expressiveness.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ballet music
opera excerpt
orchestral work
aimsTo integrate dance and drama
associatedWithCharacter Amore
Euridice
Orfeo
basedOn myth of Orpheus and Eurydice
composer Christoph Willibald Gluck
countryOfOrigin Austria
firstPerformanceOfParentWork 1762
genre Classical
ballet
opera ballet
hasForm suite when excerpted for concert performance
historicalSignificance example of Gluck’s opera reform ideals
includes ballet sequences
dance music
orchestral interludes
influenced later ballet adaptations of Orpheus myth
intendedFor stage performance
languageOfParentWork Italian
movement opera reform
notedFor dramatic expressiveness
graceful melodies
orchestrationFeature prominent use of strings
use of horns
use of woodwinds
partOf opera Orfeo ed Euridice
performanceContext acts and scenes of Orfeo ed Euridice
period 18th century
placeOfFirstPerformanceOfParentWork Vienna
relatedWork Orfeo ed Euridice (opera)
style Classical period
typicalDuration varies by selection and arrangement
typicalTempoRange slow to moderate
usesEnsemble classical orchestra

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice ballet music ("opera Orfeo ed Euridice")
partOf
Chaconne
usesMusicFrom

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