Christoph Willibald Gluck vs Moses Mendelssohn
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Compare the life timelines of Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787) and Moses Mendelssohn (1729–1786) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 57 years, from 1729 to 1786.
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Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787)
- — Born in Erasbach, Upper Palatinate Verified
- — Studied and worked as a musician in Prague Verified
- — Premiere of his first opera, Artaserse, in Milan Verified
- — Visited London and met Handel Verified
- — Married Maria Anna Bergin in Vienna Verified
- — Settled in Vienna as a court composer Verified
- — Knighted with the Order of the Golden Spur Verified
- — Premiere of the reform opera Orfeo ed Euridice Verified
- — Premiere of Iphigénie en Aulide in Paris Verified
- — Died in Vienna Verified
Moses Mendelssohn (1729–1786)
- — Born in Dessau Verified
- — Moved to Berlin to continue his studies Verified
- — Became tutor and later partner in a Berlin silk firm Verified
- — Married Fromet Guggenheim Verified
- — Won the Berlin Academy prize essay competition Verified
- — Published Phaedon, a defense of the immortality of the soul Verified
- — Publicly challenged by Johann Kaspar Lavater to convert Verified
- — Published his German translation of the Pentateuch with the Bi'ur commentary Verified
- — Published Jerusalem, or On Religious Power and Judaism Verified
- — Died in Berlin Verified