Jean-Baptiste Lully
(1632-1687)
Italian-born French composer
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Jean-Baptiste Lully (28 or 29 November [O.S. 18 or 19 November] 1632 – 22 March 1687) was a French composer, dancer and instrumentalist of Italian birth, 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 of France 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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Giovanni Battista Lulli 28 November 1632 Florence, Italy
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| Died |
22 March 1687 (aged 54) Paris, France
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| Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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