Jean-Baptiste Lully
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Baroque composer
Italian emigrant to France
ballet composer
composer
conductor
court musician
opera composer
person
violinist
Jean-Baptiste Lully was a 17th-century Italian-born French composer and court musician who became the principal architect of French Baroque opera and instrumental music under Louis XIV.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jean-Baptiste Lully canonical | 28 |
| Jean-Baptiste Lully's opera Armide | 1 |
| Jean‑Baptiste Lully | 1 |
| Lully | 1 |
| Lully operas | 1 |
Statements (70)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Baroque composer
ⓘ
Italian emigrant to France ⓘ ballet composer ⓘ composer ⓘ conductor ⓘ court musician ⓘ opera composer ⓘ person ⓘ violinist ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1632-11-28 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Florence
ⓘ
Grand Duchy of Tuscany ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Église Notre-Dame-des-Victoires, Paris ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | gangrene ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Molière
ⓘ
Philippe Quinault ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Grand Duchy of Tuscany
ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| courtTitle | Compositeur de la musique instrumentale du roi ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1687-03-22 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Paris ⓘ |
| employer |
French royal court
ⓘ
Louis XIV of France ⓘ
surface form:
Louis XIV
|
| fullName | Giovanni Battista Lulli ⓘ |
| genre |
ballet de cour
ⓘ
opera ⓘ orchestral suite ⓘ overture ⓘ sacred music ⓘ tragédie lyrique ⓘ |
| influenced |
French Baroque music
ⓘ
French opera tradition ⓘ Jean-Philippe Rameau ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Italian Baroque music ⓘ |
| knownFor |
collaborations with Molière
ⓘ
creating the French overture style ⓘ founding the genre of tragédie lyrique ⓘ |
| languageOfWork |
French
ⓘ
Latin ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | accidental injury while conducting ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Académie royale de musique
ⓘ
surface form:
Académie Royale de Musique
|
| movement |
Baroque
ⓘ
surface form:
French Baroque
|
| nameInFrench | Jean-Baptiste Lully self-link ⓘ |
| nameInItalian | Giovanni Battista Lulli ⓘ |
| notableEvent | struck his foot with a conducting staff during a Te Deum performance ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Alceste
ⓘ
Amadis ⓘ Armide ⓘ Atys ⓘ Cadmus et Hermione ⓘ Isis ⓘ Le Bourgeois gentilhomme ⓘ Le Malade imaginaire ⓘ Miserere ⓘ Perseus ⓘ
surface form:
Persée
Proserpine ⓘ Te Deum ⓘ Theseus ⓘ
surface form:
Thésée
|
| occupation |
composer
ⓘ
court official ⓘ dancer ⓘ instrumentalist ⓘ |
| patron |
Louis XIV of France
ⓘ
surface form:
Louis XIV
|
| periodActive | 17th century ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Director of the Académie Royale de Musique
ⓘ
Maître de la musique de la famille royale ⓘ Surintendant de la musique de la chambre du roi ⓘ |
| royalFavor | monopoly on opera in France granted by Louis XIV ⓘ |
| style |
French overture
ⓘ
dance-based rhythms ⓘ |
Referenced by (32)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Jean‑Baptiste Lully
this entity surface form:
Lully
subject surface form:
Miserere (Lully)
subject surface form:
Atys
subject surface form:
Atys
this entity surface form:
Lully operas
subject surface form:
Gerusalemme liberata
this entity surface form:
Jean-Baptiste Lully's opera Armide