Giovanni Battista Lulli
E122471
Baroque composer
Italian emigrant to France
ballet composer
composer
conductor
court musician
person
violinist
Giovanni Battista Lulli, better known by his French name Jean-Baptiste Lully, was a 17th-century Italian-born French composer who became a central figure in the development of French Baroque music and opera at the court of Louis XIV.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Giovanni Battista Lulli canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1012228 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Giovanni Battista Lulli Context triple: [Jean-Baptiste Lully, fullName, Giovanni Battista Lulli]
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A.
Claudio Monteverdi
Claudio Monteverdi was an influential Italian composer whose innovative works helped bridge the Renaissance and Baroque eras and played a crucial role in the early development of opera.
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B.
Giovan Battista Landini
Giovan Battista Landini was a 17th-century Italian printer and publisher known for issuing significant scientific works, including Galileo Galilei’s "Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems."
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C.
Arcangelo Corelli
Arcangelo Corelli was an influential Italian Baroque composer and violinist whose works helped establish the foundations of modern violin technique and the concerto grosso form.
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D.
Antonio Vivaldi
Antonio Vivaldi was an influential Italian Baroque composer and virtuoso violinist best known for his concertos, especially the set of violin concertos titled "The Four Seasons."
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E.
Antonio Salieri
Antonio Salieri was an Italian classical composer and influential court musician in Vienna, best known today for his operas and for teaching prominent composers such as Beethoven and Schubert.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Giovanni Battista Lulli Target entity description: Giovanni Battista Lulli, better known by his French name Jean-Baptiste Lully, was a 17th-century Italian-born French composer who became a central figure in the development of French Baroque music and opera at the court of Louis XIV.
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A.
Claudio Monteverdi
Claudio Monteverdi was an influential Italian composer whose innovative works helped bridge the Renaissance and Baroque eras and played a crucial role in the early development of opera.
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B.
Giovan Battista Landini
Giovan Battista Landini was a 17th-century Italian printer and publisher known for issuing significant scientific works, including Galileo Galilei’s "Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems."
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C.
Arcangelo Corelli
Arcangelo Corelli was an influential Italian Baroque composer and violinist whose works helped establish the foundations of modern violin technique and the concerto grosso form.
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D.
Antonio Vivaldi
Antonio Vivaldi was an influential Italian Baroque composer and virtuoso violinist best known for his concertos, especially the set of violin concertos titled "The Four Seasons."
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E.
Antonio Salieri
Antonio Salieri was an Italian classical composer and influential court musician in Vienna, best known today for his operas and for teaching prominent composers such as Beethoven and Schubert.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Baroque composer
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Italian emigrant to France ⓘ ballet composer ⓘ composer ⓘ conductor ⓘ court musician ⓘ person ⓘ violinist ⓘ |
| activeIn | 17th century ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Jean-Baptiste Lully
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Jean-Baptiste Lully ⓘ
surface form:
Lully
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| basedIn | Paris ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1632-11-28 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Florence
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Grand Duchy of Tuscany ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | gangrene ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Molière
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Philippe Quinault ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Duchy of Florence
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France ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1687-03-22 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Kingdom of France
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Paris ⓘ |
| employer |
French royal court
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Louis XIV of France ⓘ |
| genre |
ballet
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instrumental music ⓘ opera ⓘ sacred music ⓘ |
| influenced |
French Baroque music
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French opera ⓘ tragédie lyrique ⓘ |
| introduced | French overture style ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
French
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Italian ⓘ |
| movement | Baroque music ⓘ |
| name | Giovanni Battista Lulli self-link ⓘ |
| notableFor |
development of French Baroque opera
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establishing the French overture form ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Alceste
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Amadis ⓘ Armide ⓘ Atys ⓘ Cadmus et Hermione ⓘ Isis ⓘ Le Bourgeois gentilhomme ⓘ Le Malade imaginaire ⓘ Perseus ⓘ
surface form:
Persée
Te Deum ⓘ Thésée ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
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conductor ⓘ dancer ⓘ violinist ⓘ |
| patron | Louis XIV of France ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Maître de la musique de la famille royale
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Surintendant de la musique de la chambre du roi ⓘ |
| style |
French Baroque art
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surface form:
French Baroque
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Giovanni Battista Lulli Description of subject: Giovanni Battista Lulli, better known by his French name Jean-Baptiste Lully, was a 17th-century Italian-born French composer who became a central figure in the development of French Baroque music and opera at the court of Louis XIV.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.