Christoph Willibald Gluck

First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Christoph Willibald Gluck composed for operas in such a way that served the story and related the poetic quality of music. He possessed a gift for creating unity between the art forms that comprise a ballet or opera. This bibliography and guide ties together the different writings on this artist, providing faster access to the information on his life and work.

This volume presents a collection of essays by leading Gluck scholars which highlight the best of recent and classic contributions to Gluck scholarship, many of which are now difficult to access. Tracing Gluck?s life, career and legacy, the essays offer a variety of approaches to the major issues and controversies surrounding the composer and his works and range from the degree to which reform elements are apparent in his early operas to his contribution to changing perceptions of Hellenism. The introduction identifies the major topics investigated and highlights the innovatory nature of many of the approaches, particularly those which address perceptions of the composer in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This volume, which focuses on one of the most fascinating and influential composers of his era, provides an indispensable resource for academics, scholars and libraries.

C'est en France que le "chevalier" C.W. Gluck (1714-1787) connaît l'ultime consécration, à 60 ans, en faisant jouer à Paris son Iphigénie en Aulide, présentant une nouvelle conception de l'opéra qui fera date. Suivront les adaptations françaises d'Orphée et d'Armide, plaçant leur compositeur au Panthéon de l'opéra et de la musique française : quel beau succès pour ce viennois d'origine tchèque modeste et qui bénéficia de la protection de sa compatriote, la reine Marie-Antoinette, pour conquérir le public français. Toujours au programme des grandes maisons d'opéra, ses pièces lyriques qui s'appuient sur des poèmes propices aux sentiments et à la psychologie telle Alceste - à la différence de l'opéra italien de l'époque- continuent de faire les beaux jours des mélomanes dans le monde entier et influencèrent des générations de musiciens, depuis son élève Salieri jusqu'à Berlioz, ou encore de Wagner à Messager.

Publié en 1903, cet ouvrage est une biographie de Christoph Willibald Gluck, compositeur allemand de la période classique. L'auteur, Julien Tiersot, décrit la vie et l'oeuvre de Gluck, ainsi que son influence sur la musique européenne. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Edition complètement revue et mise à jour d'un classique sur la vie et l'oeuvre du musicien. Etoffée de nombreux textes de lettres, journaux, mémoires, pamphlets. Complétée par une série d'annexes regroupant un catalogue des oeuvres, un "mémento" chronologique et des renseignements sur les représentations des opéras de Gluck.