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Carl Maria von Weber
…and served as a platform for him to champion the ideals of the Romantic movement. In his writings, Weber expressed a strong preference for music that prioritized emotion over form…
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
…Dresden and subsequently Vienna. Revolutionizing Opera In the 1750s, Gluck began to grow dissatisfied with the constraints of traditional opera seria. Influenced by the Enlightenment ideals of clarity, simplicity, and…
