Jean-Baptiste Lully
Italian-born French composer (1632–1687)
- Fame61.5
- Momentum15.3
- Musicians rank#34
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- Fame61.5
- Momentum15.3
- Musicians rank#34
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Lived 1632–1687, aged 55
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Updated 2026-06-11
He invented French opera as Louis XIV knew it, then died from gangrene after stabbing his own foot with the long staff he used to conduct.
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Born Giovanni Battista Lulli in Florence in late November 1632, he arrived in France young and rose through the court as a dancer and instrumentalist before becoming Louis XIV's composer. He naturalized in 1661 and spent decades shaping the French Baroque sound, collaborating with Molière on comédie-ballets including Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, L'Amour médecin, and Psyché. The partnership produced a new hybrid form that married theatre and music in ways the French court had never seen. He died in March 1687, a few months after a conducting accident turned fatal.
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- Psyché2023
- Thésée2023
- Lully: à l’orgue de La Chaise‐Dieu2023
- Versailles - Westminster2022
- Ballet royal de la Naissance de Vénus2021
- Passion2021
- Cadmus & Hermione2021
- Le Coucher du Roi: Music for Louis XIV's Chamber2020
- Armide 17782020
- Isis2019
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