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Jean-Baptiste Lully

1632 - 1687

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Jean-Baptiste Lully (28 or 29 November [O.S. 18 or 19 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Baptiste Lully is the 44th most popular composer (down from 39th in 2019), the 190th most popular biography from Italy (down from 136th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Italian Composer.

Jean-Baptiste Lully was a French composer and dancer. He is most famous for his operas, which were called "tragédies lyriques."

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Jean-Baptiste Lully ranks 44 out of 1,451. Before him are Domenico Scarlatti, Camille Saint-Saëns, Johann Strauss I, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Antonio Salieri, and Gaetano Donizetti. After him are Orlande de Lassus, Tomaso Albinoni, Modest Mussorgsky, Anton Bruckner, Guido of Arezzo, and Stefania Turkewich.

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Among people born in 1632, Jean-Baptiste Lully ranks 5. Before him are Baruch Spinoza, John Locke, Johannes Vermeer, and Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. After him are Samuel von Pufendorf, Christopher Wren, Jean Mabillon, Maria Leopoldine of Austria, Michael I Apafi, Francis Hyacinth, Duke of Savoy, and Adam Frans van der Meulen. Among people deceased in 1687, Jean-Baptiste Lully ranks 1. After him are Johannes Hevelius, William Petty, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, Constantijn Huygens, Ferdinand Albert I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern, Margravine Magdalene Sibylle of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Nicholas Mercator, Henry More, Nell Gwyn, Geminiano Montanari, and Laura Martinozzi.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Jean-Baptiste Lully ranks 190 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope Urban III (1200), Gaetano Donizetti (1797), Marcello Mastroianni (1924), Andrea del Verrocchio (1435), Andrea Palladio (1508), and Fra Angelico (1400). After him are Marcus Licinius Crassus (-115), Pope Siricius (334), Pope Benedict XI (1240), Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (1869), John Bosco (1815), and Padre Pio (1887).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Jean-Baptiste Lully ranks 10. Before him are Gioachino Rossini (1792), Claudio Monteverdi (1567), Ennio Morricone (1928), Domenico Scarlatti (1685), Antonio Salieri (1750), and Gaetano Donizetti (1797). After him are Tomaso Albinoni (1671), Guido of Arezzo (991), Vincenzo Bellini (1801), Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710), Alessandro Scarlatti (1660), and Luigi Cherubini (1760).

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