Why Is Gluck Important In The Early Classical Era

In this paper, using his travels to Milan, London, Vienna, Paris, and many other parts of Europe and the willingness to go against the very popular caricature state of opera styles, with pieces like Orpheo De Euridice, in France and Italy, and the prominence of his role in the music continuum because of his interacting with composers such as Hayden, Sammartini and, Antonio Salieri , I will argue that Christoph Willibald Ritter Von Gluck is the most important and influential person for opera in the Early Classical Period.
I believe that the reason that Gluck tried to lead the charge of Opera Reform was that he saw many different types and variations on those types because he travels throughout Europe and his encounters with very influential
During his life he was influenced by Handel in London and Sammartini in Milan, while he taught and influenced Antonio Salieri and Marie Antoinette . Gluck was imbedded with many different cultures and opera styles in his
This was the first attempt at a Reform Opera by Gluck and it not only had an impact on Opera at the time it was being performed originally but his idea of cutting out arias and writing generally shorter pieces that connected together to form one much larger structure influenced composers such as Mozart and to a much more evident extent Wagner with the musical idea of Gesantkuntzwerk. That long German word means that everything in the Opera is supposed to be equal. Wagner took that to a much greater extent than Gluck but Gluck cracked the door for Wagner and composers like him. This piece made singers who used a lot of embellishments fade away into unpopularity and therefore compositions that called for that. The role of the voice was but for one of the first times as not the fore front of a scene. There were many ways that Gluck but the orchestra front in center in not just this piece but in many of his others as well . Instead of having one word stretching out over three measures with ornamentation and improvisation Gluck would use the harmonies of the orchestra and huge chorus on stage to intensify the text. He used things like chromatics and diminished chords combined with dynamic and rhythmic contrast that was a new sound to the opera listeners ear. During a scene in Orpheo de Euridice the oboe supported by solo brass instruments holds the main melody