Sheet Music: Gavotte

TitleGavotte
from Paride ed Elena
Alternate titlesGavotte from Iphigénie en Aulide
Gavotte from Paris and Helen
Opus numberWq. 39
ComposerChristoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787)
InstrumentationFlute solo
KeyG major
RangeF#4–D6
Time signature2/2
Tempo60 BPM
Performance time2:10
Difficulty levelintermediate
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Date added2012-08-09
Last updated2012-08-09
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Thursday 9 August 2012

Tune of the Day: Gavotte by Gluck

from “Paride ed Elena”

This gavotte is taken from the end of Act III of Christoph Willibald Gluck's opera Paride ed Elena (Paris and Helen), which premiered in Vienna in 1770. The opera tells the story of the events between the mythical Judgment of Prince Paris and the flight of Paris and Helen to Troy.

The same Gavotte was reused by Gluck in Act II, Scene 3 of his 1774 opera Iphigénie en Aulide.