What is Christoph Willibald von Gluck?
[[Image:Joseph Siffred Duplessis - Christoph Willibald Gluck - Google Art Project.jpg|thumb|right|240px|Gluck, detail of a portrait by [[Joseph Duplessis]], dated 1775 ([[Kunsthistorisches Museum]], [[Vienna]])]] '''Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck''' (born in [[Erasbach]], July 2, 1714; died in [[Vienna]], November 15, 1787) was a [[Germany|German]] [[composer]]. He is famous for his operas which were written in a new and exciting way. He was not interested in writing operas which were just a series of songs for singers to show off. He wanted to make his operas into good pieces of drama. His operas had a big influence on later composers like [[Mozart]], [[Carl Maria von Weber|Weber]] and [[Richard Wagner|Wagner]]. He wrote Italian operas and French operas. {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gluck, Christoph Willibald}} [[Category:1714 births]] [[Category:1787 deaths]] [[Category:18th-century German composers]] [[Category:Classical era composers]] {{bio-stub}}