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'''Jean-Baptiste Lully''' (1632-1687) was a [[French]] [[composer]] of [[Italian]] extraction (born ''Giovanni Battista Lulli''). At 14 he was taken to France and found himself working in the kitchen of the court of king [[Louis XIV]]’s cousin, where his musical ability was discovered (He had been taught the [[guitar]] as a child in [[Florence]].)

'''Jean-Baptiste Lully''' (1632-1687) was a [[French]] [[composer]] of [[Italian]] extraction (born ''Giovanni Battista Lulli''). At 14 he was taken to France and found himself working in the kitchen of the court of king [[Louis XIV]]’s cousin, where his musical ability was discovered (He had been taught the [[guitar]] as a child in [[Florence]].)

It could be said that sacred music killed him – whilst conducting a performance of a [[Te Deum]] he had written to celebrate the king’s recovery from illness, he hit his own foot with the staff or cane he used to beat the time and died as a result of gangrene from the resulting wound.

It could be said that sacred music killed him – whilst conducting a performance of a [[Te Deum]] he had written to celebrate the king’s recovery from illness, he hit his own foot with the staff or cane he used to beat the time and died as a result of gangrene from the resulting wound.

[[Category: Composers]]

[[Category: Composers]]

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