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Lully

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Lul·ly  (l-l, l-), Jean Baptiste 1632-1687.
Italian-born French composer. He was court composer to Louis XIV, founding the national French opera and producing court ballets for Molière's plays.
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Noun1.Lully - Spanish philosopher (1235-1315)
2.Lully - French composer (born in Italy) who was the court composer to Louis XIV and founded the national French opera (1632-1687)


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] It is like the lapis exilis of the German Graal legend, and of Alchemy according to the Second Raymund Lully, for it appears to be a slight stone; it is supposed to have been carried by Aaron when he entered the Holy Place, and it was held in the hands of David when he desired to contemplate close at hand the glory of his Master.
The combination of knowing laughter and scorn with which he treats Jean Baptiste Lully, in particular, doubtless plays quite differently at the College de France or the Academie Francaise than it does in the U.
In between, the pages are filled with noteworthy writings by Lully, Rousseau, Gluck, Mozart, Gretry, Kierkegaard, Verdi, Wagner, Nietzche, Alban Berg, Stravinsky and others.
 
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