Death of famed composer Gluck...
THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, Jan. 1, 1788
- Christoph Willibald Gluck death
- Classical music composer
- Italian & French opera
Page 3 has a report on the death of notice composer Christoph Gluck, beginning: "The death of Gluck, the celebrated musical composer who died suddenly of an apoplectic fit the 17th ult. at Vienna in his 73rd year..." with more, taking two-thirds of a column.
Just preceding this article is a letter from Naples concerning an eruption of Mount Vesiuvius.
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