Gluck
Alma Reba Fiersohn; Mme. Efrem Zimbalist, 1884–1938, U.S. operatic soprano, born in Romania.
Chris·toph Wil·li·bald von [kris-tawf vil-i-bahlt fuhn], /ˈkrɪs tɔf ˈvɪl ɪˌbɑlt fən/, 1714–87, German operatic composer.
Louise, born 1943, U.S. poet.
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Steve Levitt talks with Gluck — his own agent — about negotiating a deal, advising prospective authors, and convincing him to co-write Freakonomics.
Suzanne Gluck: “I’m a Person Who Can Convince Other People to Do Things” (People I (Mostly) Admire, Ep. 10) | Steven D. Levitt | December 26, 2020 | FreakonomicsThe series begins with a voiceover from a 9-year-old boy named Charlie (Griffin Gluck), basically a more precocious Meredith Grey.
‘Red Band Society’ Is Really Freaking Sad (And May Be TV’s Best New Drama) | Kevin Fallon | September 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTCast: Maggie Lawson, James Caan, Lenora Crichlow, Ben Koldyke, Cooper Roth, Griffin Gluck, J.J. Totah, Kennedy Waite.
Fall-Winter TV Preview: Snap Judgments of 2013–14’s New Shows | Jace Lacob, Kevin Fallon | July 16, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTComposers from Monteverdi to Gluck, to Stravinsky, to Philip Glass, have told it in music.
Ann Wroe’s ‘Orpheus’: Why the Mythological Muse Haunts Us | Ann Wroe | May 31, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTHe had a short fuse and would sometimes berate her when she spoke too much to Gluck.
Santa Monica neighbor Barbara Gluck, a former New York Times photographer, saw a different side.
So in the Elysian field, to the solemn strains of Gluck's melodies, move without grief or bliss the graceful shades.
Dream Tales and Prose Poems | Ivan TurgenevThen there was silence, but for the "Gluck" with which we lifted our feet from the slush.
Auld Licht Idylls | J. M. BarrieIt is one of the glories of Berlin to give Gluck's operas, and it is also something of a glory to have "die Wagner."
George Eliot's Life, Vol. I (of 3) | George EliotAn Indian would have had to Gluck and cluck and glut for half a minute to make these three words plain.
John Ermine of the Yellowstone | Frederic RemingtonWhat if we compared our own landscape with the music of Gluck or Mozart?
South America To-day | Georges Clemenceau
British Dictionary definitions for Gluck
/ (German ɡlʊk) /
Christoph Willibald von (ˈkrɪstɔf ˈvɪlibalt fɔn). 1714–87, German composer, esp of operas, including Orfeo ed Euridice (1762) and Alceste (1767)
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