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Jean-Baptiste Lully (pronounce: "Loo-lee"), (born Florence, 28 November 1632; died Paris, 22 March 1687), was an Italiancomposer, violinist and dancer who spent most of his life working in the court of Louis XIV of France.

He took on French nationality in 1661. He was the most important French composer of his time. Lully realized that music in the Italian style was not suitable for the French language, so he composed his operas in a special way.

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He created the tradition of French opera. He also wrote a lot of ballet music and some church music.

Life

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Lully was born in Florence, Italy. Lully did not have much education.

He taught himself a lot of what he could do.

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He learned to play the guitar and the violin and to dance.

In 1646 he was taken to France where he was given a job teaching Italian to a Duchess. He had the opportunity to hear a lot of good music, and, by the time he was 20, he was an excellent composer, violinist and