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of direct borrowing by Gluck of some Handel’s themes and general influence of Handel’s style on Gluck’s
reform operas. The author discusses, in particular, the parallels between the “Admetus” of Handel and
“Alceste” of Gluck and between the aria “Aure, deh, per pieta” from “Julius Caesar in Egypt” by Handel
and the first aria of Orpheus from Gluck’s opera “Orpheus and Eurydice”. This influence must be linked not
only with Gluck’s reverence of the senior master, but also with the cult of Handel, established in Germany
in the second half of the 18th century.
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