Jean-Baptiste Lully

Jean-Baptiste Lully
Portrait between 1650 and 1691
Born	Giovanni Battista Lulli 28 November 1632 Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany (now Italy)
Died	March 22, 1687(1687-03-22) (aged 54) Paris, France
Occupations	Composer dancer instrumentalist
Works	List of compositions
Children	Louis, Jean-Baptiste, and Jean-Louis
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Jean-Baptiste Lully^[a] (28 November [O.S. 18 November] 1632 – 22 March 1687) was a French composer, dancer and instrumentalist of Italian birth, who is considered a master of the French Baroque music style. Best known for his operas, he spent most of his life working in the court of Louis XIV of France and became a French subject in 1661. He was a close friend of the playwright Molière, with whom he collaborated on numerous comédie-ballets, including L'Amour médecin, George Dandin ou le Mari confondu, Monsieur de Pourceaugnac, Psyché and his best known work, Le Bourgeois gentilhomme.
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