Giovanni battista lulli biography for kids

Italian-French composer (1632–1687)

"Lully" and "Lulli" redirect here. For other uses, see Lully (disambiguation) and Lulli (disambiguation).

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.

Giovanni battista lulli biography for kids

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.

Biography

Lully was born on November 28, 1632, in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, to Lorenzo Lulli and Caterina Del Sera, a Tuscan family of millers.^[1] His general education and