Jean baptiste lully biography of alberta state

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Baroque musician, virtual founder of French opera; b. Florence, Italy, Nov. Paris, March 22, Brought to Paris in , Lully was chamber boy and musical page to Mlle. The gifted and energetic youth devoted himself to the tastes of his Monarch, Louis XIV , and achieved a position of power in the cultural life of France through a monopoly on musical theater.

His great contribution was the handling of the French language , particularly in recitative, and in instrumental writing — specifically the overture, still associated with his name. His church compositions were conservative, following the massive forms of Henri Dumont rather than presaging the newer style. He set for state occasions most of the standard texts, producing a Miserere, a De profundis , a Dies Irae, and a Te Deum.

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