Jean-Baptiste Lully

Baroque music, Composer

1632 – 1687

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Who was Jean-Baptiste Lully?

Jean-Baptiste Lully was a Florentine-born French composer who spent most of his life working in the court of Louis XIV of France. He is considered the chief master of the French baroque style. Lully disavowed any Italian influence in French music of the period. He became a French subject in 1661.

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Born
Nov 28, 1632
Florence
Also known as
  • Jean Baptiste Lully
  • Giovanni Battista di Lulli
  • Lully, Jean-Baptiste
Children
Nationality
  • Italy
  • France
Profession
Lived in
  • Florence
Died
Mar 22, 1687
Paris

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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