"This is the first time that the complete letters and papers of Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787) have been presented to the world. Students of music histor

First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This volume presents a collection of essays by leading Gluck scholars which highlight the best of recent and classic contributions to Gluck scholarship, many of

Bereson investigates the elite and privileged status of the closed-world of opera, and the way states have financed and supported it since its beginnings.