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 |
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| instanceOf |
ballet music
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opera excerpt → orchestral work → |
| aimsTo |
integrate dance and drama
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| associatedWithCharacter |
Amore
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Euridice → Orfeo → |
| basedOn |
myth of Orpheus and Eurydice
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| composer |
Christoph Willibald Gluck
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| countryOfOrigin |
Austria
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| firstPerformanceOfParentWork |
1762
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| genre |
Classical
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ballet → opera ballet → |
| hasForm |
suite when excerpted for concert performance
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| historicalSignificance |
example of Gluck’s opera reform ideals
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| includes |
ballet sequences
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dance music → orchestral interludes → |
| influenced |
later ballet adaptations of Orpheus myth
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| intendedFor |
stage performance
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| languageOfParentWork |
Italian
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| movement |
opera reform
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| notedFor |
dramatic expressiveness
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graceful melodies → |
| orchestrationFeature |
prominent use of strings
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use of horns → use of woodwinds → |
| partOf |
opera Orfeo ed Euridice
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| performanceContext |
acts and scenes of Orfeo ed Euridice
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| period |
18th century
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| placeOfFirstPerformanceOfParentWork |
Vienna
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| relatedWork |
Orfeo ed Euridice (opera)
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| style |
Classical period
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| typicalDuration |
varies by selection and arrangement
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| typicalTempoRange |
slow to moderate
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| usesEnsemble |
classical orchestra
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Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice ballet music
("opera Orfeo ed Euridice")
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partOf |
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Chaconne
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usesMusicFrom |