“Jean-Baptiste Lully, escuyer [squire], son of Laurent de Lully, gentilhomme Florentin [Florentine gentleman]”
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Jean-Baptiste Lully
Jean-Baptiste Lully 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, Geo…
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entertainment · Italian-French composer (1632–1687) · composer · conductor · choreographer · violinist · music educator · ballet dancer · dancer · pedagogue · teacher · theatre manager · also Jean-Baptiste Lully, Giovanni Battista Lulli, Lulli, Lully
Born 28 November 1632 · Died 22 March 1687 · Q1192
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The French children's show "Belfort & Lupin" featured Lully in the episode "Major Dischord
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WSHU news: Beautiful Music NOW - Jean-Baptiste Lully
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2015· 1 entry
NPR: Jean-Baptiste Lully
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2011· 1 entry
The BBC's hit children's show Horrible Histories featured the death of Lully in the skit "Stupid Deaths" in a live show at the Prom
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1687· 1 entry
Died 1687-03-22.
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1632· 1 entry
Born 1632-11-28.
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