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Young Gluck was a singer in a church choir and thus decided to study music in Prague although his parents wanted him to work in the forest. Having to earn his own money he worked as a part-time musician and finished his studies in Milan where he wrote his first Italian style opera. Impressing the audience he was invited to London where he had first contact with the music of George Frideric Handel. In 1752, he finally accepted a job at a theatre in Vienna, but continued composing operas and ballets for clients in Paris.

Leopold Mozart was born on 14 November 1719 in Augsburg, Holy Roman Empire [now Bavaria, Germany]. He was married to Anna Maria Pertl. He died on 28 May 1787 in Salzburg, Prince-Archbishopric of Salzburg, Holy Roman Empire [now Salzburg, Austria].

William Watson was born on 3 April 1715 in London, England, UK. He died on 10 May 1787 in London, England, UK.

Louise de France was born on 15 July 1737 in Versailles, Île-de-France [now Yvelines], France. Louise was a writer, known for Movies for Louise (2005). Louise died on 23 December 1787 in Saint-Denis, Île-de-France [now Seine-Saint-Denis], France.