Gluck
Sign in to saveAlso known as M. Gluck, Hannah Gluckstein Gluck, Hanna Gluckstein Gluck, Hannah Gluck, Hannah Gluckstein, Peyter Gluck, Peter Gluck
British painter (1895–1978)
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Christoph Willibald (von) Gluck (2 July 1714 - 15 November 1787) was a German composer, one of the most important opera composers of the Classical music era, particularly remembered for Orfeo ed Euridice. Gluck's operatic reforms, eliminating all that was undramatic, were a turning point in the history of the medium. Gluck's musical legacy was around 35 complete operas, together with numerous ballets and instrumental works. His reforms influenced Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, particularly his opera
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- genderqueer
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- Steyning
- Occupation
- artist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Hannah Gluckstein SAAM-1970.70 2.jpg
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- date of death
- 1978-01-10
- date of birth
- 1895-08-13
- has works in the collection
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- end of work period
- 1978-01-01
- pseudonym
- Gluck
- start of work period
- 1920-01-01
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