Jean-Baptiste Lully
Italian-born French composer (1632–1687)
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Jean-Baptiste Lully was an Italian-born composer who became one of the most important figures in French music during the 1600s, serving the French royal court and helping to establish French musical traditions. He is remembered as a highly influential composer whose works shaped the development of opera and orchestral music in France and beyond.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1632
- Died
- 1687
- Works
- 68
Top works
- Amadis
- Le carnaval, mascarade royale
- Ballet royal de l'impatience
- Le divertissement royal
- Le bourgeois gentilhomme
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- 197,325
- Total plays
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Jean-Baptiste Lully (born Giovanni Battista Lulli; 28 or 29 November [O.S. 18 or 19 November] 1632 – 22 March 1687) was an Italian-French composer, dancer and instrumentalist, who is considered a master of the French Baroque music style. Best known for his operas, he spent most of his life working in the court of Louis XIV and became a French subject in 1661. He was a close friend of the playwright Molière, with whom he collaborated on numerous comédie-ballets, including L'Amour médecin, George Dandin ou le Mari confondu, Monsieur de Pourceaugnac, Psyché and his best known work, Le Bourgeois gentilhomme.
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