Jean-Baptiste

JEAN-BAPTISTE LULLY

29th November 1632   ---   22nd March 1687

Lully was a French Composer of Italian birth, born in Florence in 1632.  Through the Duc de Guise he entered the service of Madame de Montpensier
as a scullery boy.   He then  studied the theory of music  under Metra and entered   the court orchestra,  being appointed director in 1652,  and court
composer in 1653. The influence of his music produced a radical revolution in the style of the dance of the court itelf.

Instead of the slow and stately movements which had prevailed until then, he introduced lively ballets of rapid rhythm. The music for his ballets was
arranged as orchestral suites, a new form which was cultivated in Germany as well as in France.

In december 1661 he was naturalized as a Frenchman, his original name being Giovanni Battista Lulli. For near fifteen years (1672-87) Lully was the
director of the Paris Opera.   While directing a Te Deum  on the 8th of January 1687 with a rather long baton  (This was  before they used  hand held
batons,  Conductors used long staffs and heavy staffs to beat a tempo) he injured his foot so seriously that a gangrene growth resulted which cause
his death on the 22nd March 1687.

Lully was the founder of the French opera,  forsaking the Italian method of separate recitative and aria for a dramatic consolidation of the two and a
quickened action of the story. Moreover he laid more stress on rhythm and less on melody. He improved the composition of the orchestra, into which
he introduced  several new instruments.   Lully was a friend of Moliere,  for some of whose best plays  he composed illustrative music.   Of his church
music his Miserere written for the funeral of the minister Seguier, is a work of genius, and on his death bed he wrote Bisogna morire peccatore.

Copyright 1953 Encyclopaedia Britannica

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New (4131)"A Air, Mov.1". Sequenced by E.Lam.

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(3754)"Le Carnaval, Mascarade, No.1, Overture". Sequenced by Christophe Halm.

(3753)"Le Carnaval, Mascarade, No.2, Air des Biscayens". Sequenced by Christophe Halm.

(3752)"Le Carnaval, Mascarade, No.3, Sarabande pour la Galanterie". Sequenced by Christophe Halm.

(3751)"Le Carnaval, Mascarade, No.5, Menuet de Daphenis". Sequenced by Christophe Halm.

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