Étienne Méhul
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Étienne Nicolas Méhul was a French composer of the late classical and early romantic periods. He was known as "the most important opera composer in France during the Revolution". He was also the first
Méhul in 1799
Méhul teaching his patriotic songs to the people of Paris
Christoph Willibald Gluck
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Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck was a composer of Italian and French opera in the early classical period. Born in the Upper Palatinate and raised in Bohemia, both part of the Holy Roman Empire at
Étienne Méhul
…He was also the first composer to be called a "Romantic". He is known particularly for his operas, written in keeping with the reforms introduced by Gluck and Mozart. Méhul was born at Givet in Ardennes to Jean-François Méhul, a wine merchant, and his wife Marie-Cécile (née Keuly). His first music lessons…
Portrait of Christoph Willibald Gluck by Joseph Duplessis, 1775
Statue of Gluck in Weidenwang
House in Erasbach, constructed in 1713 by Gluck's father, where many believe the composer was born.
Jezeří Castle