Gluck
By: Translated by Eric Blom. With eight pages of plates and music examples in the text
Series: The Master Musicians Series
Publisher: J. M. Dent; Farrar, Straus and Cudahy
Published: 1964
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng; ger
Number of pages: 238
Description: His life and work, and his importance in the history of opera.
Notes: "Catalogue of works": p. 216-218.

"First published 1936; reprinted (with revisions) 1964."

Bibliography: p. 225-226.
Table of contents: title: Origins; title: Childhood and youth; title: Prague; title: Vienna; title: Zeno and Metastasio; title: Milan ; Sammartini; title: The first operas; title: London; title: Traveling conductor; title: Home in Vienna; title: Durazzo; title: L'innocenza giustificata; title: Minor rivals; title: Relapses in Rome and Vienna; title: The Opéra comique; title: La Rencontre imprévue (The pilgrim to Mecca); title: The dramatic ballet: Don Juan; title: Calzabigi; title: Orfeo ed Euridice; title: Il trionfo di Cledlia; title: Minor works: Telemacco ; Semiramide; title: The manifesto of the Dramma per musica; title: Precursors of the Manifesto; title: Alceste; title: Paride ed Elena; title: Intermezzo; title: Klopstock; title: Connections and preparations; title: Iphigénie en Aulide; title: Revivals; title: Piccinni; title: Armide; title: Iphigénie en Tarride; title: Echo et Narcisse; title: Withdrawal to Vienna; title: Les Danaïdes; title: Old age and death; title: The succession.