Que d’attraits, que de Majesté, from Iphegenie en Aulide (violin viola duo)

Title: Que d’attraits, que de Majesté, from the opera Iphegenie en Aulide

Composer: Christoph Gluck, arr. David Gable

Instrumentation: Violin and Viola

Printout: 4 pages

Note: This beautiful chorus from on of Gluck’s most important operas is ideal for prelude and postlude music, and it also serves well for quieter receptions. Gluck was a major figure in the development of opera, and it is to him we owe the replacement of the da capo aria with more concise and varied forms.