Christoph Willibald Gluck: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Catalog and bibliography
Alfred Wotquenne, Thematisches Verzeichnis der Werke von Chr. W.v. Gluck, 1714â1787 (1904); and ErgĂ€nzungen und NachtrĂ€ge, ed. by Josef Liebeskind (1911); C.W. Hopkinson, A Bibliography of the Printed Works of C.W. von Gluck, 1714â1787, 2nd rev. ed. (1967); Stephan Wortsmann, Die deutsche Gluck-Literatur (1914); A.A. Abert, âGluck, Christoph Willibald,â in Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart, vol. 5, col. 376â380 (1956; Collected Correspondence and Papers, 1962â63).
Editions
SĂ€mtliche Werke (1951â); DenkmĂ€ler der Tonkunst in Bayern, vol. 14/2, Le nozze dâErcole e dâEbe, ed. by Hermann Abert (1914); DenkmĂ€ler der Tonkunst in Ăsterreich: vol. 21/44a, Orfeo ed Euridice, ed. by Hermann Abert (1914); vol. 30/60, Le festin de pierre (Don Juan), ed. by Robert Haas (1923); and vol. 44/82, Lâinnocenza giustificata, ed. by Alfred Einstein (1937); IphigĂ©nie en Aulide, OrphĂ©e et Euridice, Alceste, Armide, IphigĂ©nie en Tauride, Echo et Narcisse, ed. by F. Pelletan et al. (since 1873); The Collected Correspondence and Papers of Christoph W. Gluck, ed. by Hedwig and E.H. Mueller von Asow (1962), review with corrections and additions by Klaus Hortschansky in Die Musikforschung, 17:469â471 (1965).
Biographies and studies
Anton Schmid, Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck (1854), the first comprehensive biography (in German); Martin Cooper, Gluck (1935), a biographical study based on modern research; Alfred Einstein, Gluck: Sein Leben, seine Werke (1936), Gluck seen as the reformer of Italian opera and French opera in Paris; Rudolf Gerber, Christoph Willibald Gluck, 2nd ed. (1950), an authentic and comprehensive work (in German); Anna A. Abert, Christoph Willibald Gluck (1959), a popular, reliable account (in German); Patricia Howard, Gluck and the Birth of Modern Opera (1963), and Gluck: An Eighteenth-Century Portrait in Letters and Documents (1995); Daniel Heartz, âFrom Garrick to Gluck: The Reform of Theatre and Opera in the Mid-Eighteenth Century,â Proceedings of the Royal Musical Association, pp. 111â127 (1968); Gerhard Croll, âGluckforschung und Gluck-Gesamtausgabe,â in Musik und Verlag: Karl Vötterle zum 65. Geburtstag am 12 April 1968, pp. 192â196 (1968).
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Article History
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| Anniversary information added. | Nov 11, 2025 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jun 28, 2025 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 06, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: English National Opera - Biography of Christoph Willibald Gluck. | Nov 07, 2019 | ||
| Changed title of the "Assessment" section to "Legacy." | Nov 15, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Classical Archives - Biography of Christoph Willibald von Gluck. | Feb 21, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Old and Sold - Biography of Christoph Willibald Gluck. | Jan 17, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: AllMusic - Biography of Christoph Willibald Gluck. | Jan 17, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Naxos Classical Music - Biography of Christoph Willibald Gluck. | Jan 17, 2013 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jan 08, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: The MozartForum - Biography of Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck. | Jul 19, 2007 | ||
| Bibliography revised. | Mar 16, 2007 | ||
| Article thoroughly revised. | Mar 16, 2007 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Oct 23, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |