Composer

Jean-Baptiste Lully

Italian-born French composer (1632–1687)

1632–1687

149 works and musical collections

Born: 1632
Died: 1687
Birthplace: Florence
Place of death: Paris
Citizenship / historical state: Kingdom of France; Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Period (estimated from birth year): Baroque

Biography

Jean-Baptiste Lully (born Giovanni Battista Lulli; 28 or 29 November [O.S. 18 or 19 November] 1632 – 22 March 1687) was an Italian-French composer, dancer and instrumentalist, 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 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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Life and musical career

Occupations: composer; conductor; choreographer; violinist; music educator; ballet dancer; dancer; pedagogue; teacher; theatre manager; actor; musician
Teachers: Nicolas Métru; Nicolas Gigault; François Roberday
Instruments played: violin
Genres: opera; classical music; ballet
Movements: classical music; Baroque music
Notable works: Bellérophon; Isis; Thésée; Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
Nickname: le Florentin
Languages used: French; Italian
VIAF ID: 13099537
ISNI: 0000000120991997
GND ID: 118575287
Library of Congress ID: n79072787
MusicBrainz ID: 7f9989b0-8f5e-41dd-bbab-1fff052609e3

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In this catalogue

Common listed instruments: Piano, Flute, Continuo, Voice, Guitar
Genres represented: Classical
Source entries with composition dates: 35

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

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Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.

Works and musical collections with sheet music details
Title	Work details	Listed instruments	Sheet music
Phaëton, LWV 61	Year composed 1683 ca.	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Psyché, LWV 56	Year composed 1678	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Roland, LWV 65	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Le Triomphe de l'Amour, LWV 59	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Minuet in D minor	Key in title D minor	Piano Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
3. Menuetto;	See work details	Timpani percussion Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sarabande pour le Galanterie	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Ritournelle	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Air pour le Marie et la Mariee	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Les Trivelins	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Ouverture, Chaconne - No. 1 from "L'Amour Médecin" -	See work details	Continuo Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Choeur de Cybele from Atys Libro 1 no.13 - Score	See work details	Guitar Continuo Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sarabande and Gigue - Score	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Prelude and Air from Thesee - Horn in F	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Allemande, Sarabande et Gigue	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Chaconne Galatee Libro 1 No.10 - Score	See work details	Guitar Continuo Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Air: La paix revient from Temple de la paix Libro 3 No.12 - Score	See work details	Guitar Continuo Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Prelude and Air from Thesee - Score and Parts	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Sonata No.10 Libro 5 - Score	See work details	Guitar Continuo Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Air Tendre	See work details	Guitar Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Menuett - Score	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Alceste, LWV 50	Year composed 1673	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Ballet de l'amour malade, LWV 8	Year composed 1657	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Ballet de la naissance de Vénus, LWV 27	Year composed 1665	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Ballet des saisons LWV 15	Year composed 1661	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Ballet des muses, LWV 32	Year composed 1666	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Le divertissement royal, LWV 42	Year composed 1669	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Isis, LWV 54	Year composed 1676	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Les noces de village, LWV 19	Year composed 1663	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Persée, LWV 60	Year composed 1682	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Les plaisirs de l'île enchantée, LWV 22	Year composed 1664	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Proserpine, LWV 58	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Trios de la Chambre du Roi, LWV 35	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Xerxes LWV 12	Year composed 1660	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Bois epais	See work details	See edition details	View sheet music Work & edition details
Andantino	See work details	Flute violin Recorder Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Ouverture, Chaconne - No. 1 from "L'Amour Médecin" - - Viola 1	See work details	Continuo Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Air from Grotte de Versailles Libro 3 No. 7 - Score	See work details	Guitar Continuo Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Prelude and Air from Thesee - Trombone	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Ouverture, Chaconne - No. 1 from "L'Amour Médecin" - - Viola 2	See work details	Continuo Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Ouverture, Chaconne - No. 1 from "L'Amour Médecin" - - Violin 1	See work details	Continuo Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Ouverture, Chaconne, No. 1 from "L'Amour Médecin", LWV 29 - Score and Parts	See work details	Continuo Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Prelude and Air from Thesee - Tuba	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Ouverture, Chaconne - No. 1 from "L'Amour Médecin" - - Violin 2	See work details	Continuo Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Air Belles Fleurs from Proserpine Libro 3 No. 5 - Score	See work details	Guitar Continuo Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Courante - Score	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Prelude and Air from Thesee - Trumpet 1 in B-flat	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details
Prelude and Air from Thesee - Trumpet 2 in B-flat	See work details	See edition details Classical	View sheet music Work & edition details

Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 13099537. Portrait: Ducarme, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.