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This book brings together a variety of eighteenth century sources--principally letters
to and from Gluck--to construct a portrait of one of the most interesting musicians of
that century. Celebrated today for his historical significance, as the composer who did
most to effect the transition from baroque to classical opera, Gluck in his lifetime was
both a controversial and a colorful figure. Besides the letters, the book includes a
wealth of factual documents and informal anecdotes, not easily accessible in the
original German, French and Italian languages. Everything has been arranged and
translated to provide readers with a lively, continuous narrative.