This book explores all aspects of Gluck's historically important opera Orfeo.

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

Title: Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30 Composer: Christoph Willibald Gluck Original Publisher: Novello The complete vocal score to Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice, as originally published by Novello in 1885, with Italian and English text. Performer's Reprints are produced in conjunction with the International Music Score Library Project. These are out of print or historical editions, which we clean, straighten, touch up, and digitally reprint. Due to the age of original documents, you may find occasional blemishes, damage, or skewing of print. While we do extensive cleaning and editing to improve the image quality, some items are not able to be repaired. A portion of each book sold is donated to small performing arts organizations to create jobs for performers and to encourage audience growth.

Christoph Willibald Gluck composed for operas in such a way that served the story and related the poetic quality of music. He possessed a gift for creating unity between the art forms that comprise a ballet or opera. This bibliography and guide ties together the different writings on this artist, providing faster access to the information on his life and work.