Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck (born in Erasbach , July 2, 1714; died in Vienna , November 15, 1787) was a German composer . He is famous for his operas which were written in a new and exciting way. He was not interested in writing operas which were just a series of songs for singers to show off. He wanted to make his operas into good pieces of drama. His operas had a big influence on later composers like Mozart , Weber and Wagner . He wrote Italian operas and French operas.

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