Lully Jean Baptiste

Lul·ly

 (lo͞o-lē′, lŭ-), 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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