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.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Baroque composer
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Italian emigrant to France → ballet composer → composer → conductor → court musician → opera composer → person → violinist → |
| birthDate |
1632-11-28
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| birthPlace |
Florence
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Grand Duchy of Tuscany → |
| burialPlace |
Église Notre-Dame-des-Victoires, Paris
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| causeOfDeath |
gangrene
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| collaboratedWith |
Molière
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Philippe Quinault → |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Grand Duchy of Tuscany
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Kingdom of France → |
| courtTitle |
Compositeur de la musique instrumentale du roi
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| deathDate |
1687-03-22
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| deathPlace |
Paris
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| employer |
French royal court
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Louis XIV → |
| fullName |
Giovanni Battista Lulli
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| genre |
ballet de cour
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opera → orchestral suite → overture → sacred music → tragédie lyrique → |
| influenced |
French Baroque music
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French opera tradition → Jean-Philippe Rameau → |
| influencedBy |
Italian Baroque music
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| knownFor |
collaborations with Molière
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creating the French overture style → founding the genre of tragédie lyrique → |
| languageOfWork |
French
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Latin → |
| mannerOfDeath |
accidental injury while conducting
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| memberOf |
Académie Royale de Musique
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| movement |
French Baroque
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| nameInFrench |
Jean-Baptiste Lully
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| nameInItalian |
Giovanni Battista Lulli
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| notableEvent |
struck his foot with a conducting staff during a Te Deum performance
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| notableWork |
Alceste
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Amadis → Armide → Atys → Cadmus et Hermione → Isis → Le Bourgeois gentilhomme → Le Malade imaginaire → Miserere → Persée → Proserpine → Te Deum → Thésée → |
| occupation |
composer
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court official → dancer → instrumentalist → |
| patron |
Louis XIV
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| periodActive |
17th century
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| positionHeld |
Director of the Académie Royale de Musique
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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
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| style |
French overture
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dance-based rhythms → |
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| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Académie royale de musique
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Louis Dieudonné
("Jean‑Baptiste Lully")
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employer |
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Académie royale de musique
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foundedBy |
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Jean-Baptiste Lully
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nameInFrench |
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Académie royale de musique
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notableDirector |
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French royal court
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patronized |
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Louis XIV of France
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patronOf |