Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice ballet music

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Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice ballet music is the orchestral dance and ballet score composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck for his reform opera "Orfeo ed Euridice," noted for its graceful melodies and dramatic expressiveness.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ballet music
opera excerpt
orchestral work
aimsTo integrate dance and drama
associatedWithCharacter Amore
linked to: Amor

Euridice
linked to: Eurydice

Orfeo
linked to: Orphée et Eurydice
basedOn myth of Orpheus and Eurydice
composer Christoph Willibald Gluck
countryOfOrigin Austria
firstPerformanceOfParentWork 1762
genre Classical
ballet
opera ballet
hasForm suite when excerpted for concert performance
historicalSignificance example of Gluck’s opera reform ideals
includes ballet sequences
dance music
orchestral interludes
influenced later ballet adaptations of Orpheus myth
intendedFor stage performance
languageOfParentWork Italian
movement opera reform
notedFor dramatic expressiveness
graceful melodies
orchestrationFeature prominent use of strings
use of horns
use of woodwinds
partOf opera Orfeo ed Euridice
performanceContext acts and scenes of Orfeo ed Euridice
period 18th century
placeOfFirstPerformanceOfParentWork Vienna
relatedWork Orfeo ed Euridice (opera)
linked to: Orphée et Eurydice
style Classical period
typicalDuration varies by selection and arrangement
typicalTempoRange slow to moderate
usesEnsemble classical orchestra

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Chaconne usesMusicFrom Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice ballet music
subject linked to: “Chaconne”
Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice ballet music partOf opera Orfeo ed Euridice
linked to: Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice ballet music
myth of Orpheus and Eurydice notableAdaptation Christoph Willibald Gluck’s opera Orfeo ed Euridice
linked to: Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice ballet music