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Jean Baptiste Lully

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Jean Baptiste Lully , 1632-87, French operatic composer, b. Florence, Italy. His name originally was Giovanni Battista Lulli. A self-taught violinist, he went to France in 1646 and in 1652 entered the service of Louis XIV. He became chamber composer and conductor of one of the king's orchestras. Lully composed numerous ballets, many for plays by Molière, until 1672, when he obtained a patent for the production of opera. He established the Académie royale de Musique, where he held a virtual monopoly on the French operatic stage, amassing a fortune producing his own works. Among his... Read more
Jean Baptiste Lully
Jean Baptiste Lully Jean Baptiste Lully (1632-1687), Italian-born French composer, established the...French opera, which remained virtually unchanged for a century. Jean Baptiste Lully was born in or near Florence on Nov. 28, 1632. At the age... Read more
Lully, Jean Baptiste
Lully, Jean Baptiste (1632–87) French composer, b. Italy. Lully was an early influence on the development of French opera...XIV. After a series of comedy-ballets (1658–64), Lully wrote Cadmus and Hermione (1673), which has been called... Read more

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