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Gluck finally settled in Vienna where he became Kapellmeister.

He wrote Le Cinesi for a festival in 1754 and La Danza for the birthday of the future Emperor Leopold II the following year.

After his opera Antigono was performed in Rome in February, 1756, Gluck was made a Knight of the Golden Spur by Pope Benedict XIV.

From that time on, Gluck used the title " Ritter von Gluck " or " Chevalier de Gluck.