Christoph Willibald Gluck

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classical composer composer opera composer person

Christoph Willibald Gluck was an 18th-century German composer best known for reforming opera by emphasizing dramatic coherence and expressive simplicity over virtuosic display.

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Label Occurrences
Christoph Willibald Gluck canonical 28
Gluck 3
Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf classical composer ⓘ
composer ⓘ
opera composer ⓘ
person ⓘ
burialPlace Vienna Central Cemetery ⓘ
surface form: Matzleinsdorf Cemetery
citizenship Bohemia ⓘ
Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
countryOfBirth Electoral Palatinate ⓘ
surface form: Electorate of the Palatinate
countryOfDeath Austrian Habsburg Monarchy ⓘ
surface form: Habsburg Monarchy
dateOfBirth 1714-07-02 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1787-11-15 ⓘ
familyName Christoph Willibald Gluck self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Gluck
genre opera ⓘ
opera comique ⓘ
opera seria ⓘ
givenName Christoph ⓘ
Willibald ⓘ
hasWorkType ballet ⓘ
opera overture ⓘ
influenced Hector Berlioz ⓘ
Richard Wagner ⓘ
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ⓘ
influencedBy French tragédie lyrique ⓘ
Italian opera seria tradition ⓘ
knownFor emphasis on dramatic coherence in opera ⓘ
emphasis on expressive simplicity in opera ⓘ
opera reform ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName French ⓘ
German ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
movement Classical period ⓘ
name Christoph Willibald Gluck self-link ⓘ
notableWork Alceste ⓘ
Armide ⓘ
Iphigenia in Aulis (Euripides) ⓘ
surface form: Iphigénie en Aulide

Iphigénie en Tauride (Gluck) ⓘ
surface form: Iphigénie en Tauride

Orphée et Eurydice ⓘ
surface form: Orfeo ed Euridice

Paride ed Elena ⓘ
occupation composer ⓘ
music teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth Erasbach ⓘ
placeOfDeath Vienna ⓘ
religion Catholicism ⓘ
residence Milan ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
Prague ⓘ
Vienna ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Maria Anna Bergin ⓘ
studentOf Giovanni Battista Sammartini ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

“Chaconne” → composer → Christoph Willibald Gluck ⓘ
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“Chaconne” → musicBy → Christoph Willibald Gluck ⓘ
subject surface form: Chaconne
“Chaconne” → hasComposer → Christoph Willibald Gluck ⓘ
subject surface form: Chaconne
Neoclassicism → majorFigure → Christoph Willibald Gluck ⓘ
Académie royale de musique → notableDirector → Christoph Willibald Gluck ⓘ
Classical period → hasKeyFigure → Christoph Willibald Gluck ⓘ
Orphée et Eurydice → composer → Christoph Willibald Gluck ⓘ
Sturm und Drang → hasNotableComposer → Christoph Willibald Gluck ⓘ
Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice ballet music → composer → Christoph Willibald Gluck ⓘ
Hector Berlioz → influencedBy → Christoph Willibald Gluck ⓘ
Christoph Willibald Gluck → name → Christoph Willibald Gluck self-link ⓘ
Christoph Willibald Gluck → familyName → Christoph Willibald Gluck self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gluck
Jean-Philippe Rameau → influenced → Christoph Willibald Gluck ⓘ
Iphigénie en Tauride (Gluck) → composer → Christoph Willibald Gluck ⓘ
Teatro Comunale di Bologna → inauguratedWithWorkBy → Christoph Willibald Gluck ⓘ
Luigi Cherubini → influencedBy → Christoph Willibald Gluck ⓘ
Pietro Metastasio → hasInfluenced → Christoph Willibald Gluck ⓘ
Amor → creator → Christoph Willibald Gluck ⓘ
subject surface form: Amor (Gluck)
Dance of the Blessed Spirits → composer → Christoph Willibald Gluck ⓘ
Ranieri de’ Calzabigi → collaboratedWith → Christoph Willibald Gluck ⓘ
Willibald → givenNameOf → Christoph Willibald Gluck ⓘ
Willibald → nameComponentOf → Christoph Willibald Gluck ⓘ
Alceste → composer → Christoph Willibald Gluck ⓘ
Armide → composer → Christoph Willibald Gluck ⓘ
Paride ed Elena → composer → Christoph Willibald Gluck ⓘ
Giovanni Battista Sammartini → taught → Christoph Willibald Gluck ⓘ
Maria Anna Bergin → spouse → Christoph Willibald Gluck ⓘ
Maria Anna Bergin → hasConnectionTo → Christoph Willibald Gluck ⓘ
Erasbach → birthplaceOf → Christoph Willibald Gluck ⓘ
Christoph → familyName → Christoph Willibald Gluck ⓘ
subject surface form: Christoph Willibald Gluck
this entity surface form: Gluck
Christoph → birthName → Christoph Willibald Gluck ⓘ
subject surface form: Christoph Willibald Gluck
this entity surface form: Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck
Griffin Gluck → familyName → Christoph Willibald Gluck ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gluck