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Jean-Baptiste Lully
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Jean-Baptiste Lully came to Paris as an Italian teenager and became the most powerful musician at the court of Louis XIV. With the exclusive right to opera, he created, together with the poet Philippe Quinault, the tragédie en musique, a French form with a great deal of dance and a tightly drilled string ensemble. For Molière's Le bourgeois gentilhomme he wrote the Turkish ceremony. He died in 1687 from a wound caused by his own conducting staff, sustained during his Te Deum.
Listening
Listening tip. Listen to the Turkish march and hear how timpani and strings set up a solemn, almost military procession for a mock ceremony.
Le bourgeois gentilhomme: Marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs (Les Arts Florissants, William Christie) · Jean-Baptiste Lully, 1670
Armide: Passacaille (Philippe Herreweghe) · Jean-Baptiste Lully, 1686
Te Deum (Les Épopées, Stéphane Fuget) · Jean-Baptiste Lully, 1677- Le bourgeois gentilhomme: Marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs (Les Arts Florissants) · Jean-Baptiste Lully, 1670
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- French Baroque Genre
Jean-Baptiste Lully, born in Florence, became court composer in 1661, led a string orchestra known for its tight ensemble playing and, from 1673, wrote French operas full of dance.
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Categories: ArtistsFrench Baroque