According to The New Penguin Dictionary of Music, Christoph Willibald Glück was a German composer, born in Bavaria but possibly of Bohemian origin; travelled much - London, 1745; Paris, 1773-9, where his followers opposed those of Piccinni; settled and died in Vienna. Was consciously an operatic reformer, stressing importance of subordinating music to dramatic needs - and also dispensing with "dry recitative; his "Alkestis" (1767) has a famous preface expounding his ideas. This opera, like its predecessor "Orpheus", was originally in Italian; both were later revised, with French texts. Other operas include "Iphigenia in Aulis", "Iphigenia in Tauris", and "Armida", all in French. Wrote in all more than 45 stage works; also instrumental pieces, etc.

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The Dance of the Blessed Spirits from Orfeo (A/Piano) 6 pages. This edition: ED 11721. Publisher: Schott & Co. Ltd. (49002926)

Dance of the Blessed Spirits (A/Piano) Arr./Editor: Bergmann Publisher: Schott & Co. Ltd. (ST11721)

Dance of the Blessed Spirits (D/D/A/T) Score and Parts. Publisher: Polyphonic Publications (PP00077)

Dance of the Blessed Spirits (D/A/T/B) 12 pages. Publisher: Bosworth Edition (BOE3946)

Five Pieces from Orfeo (D/A/T/B) Score and Parts. Publisher: Editio Musica Budapest (HARB024)

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