Jean-Baptiste Lully
Italian-born French composer
Jean-Baptiste Lully (born Giovanni Battista Lulli; 28 or 29 November [O.S. 18 or 19 November] 1632 – 22 March 1687) was an Italian-French composer, dancer and instrumentalist, who is considered a master of the French Baroque music style. Best known for his operas, he spent most of his life working in the court of Louis XIV and became a French subject in 1661. He was a close friend of the playwright Molière, with whom he collaborated on numerous comédie-ballets, including L'Amour médecin, George Dandin ou le Mari confondu, Monsieur de Pourceaugnac, Psyché and his best known work, Le Bourgeois gentilhomme.
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Works
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- L' Amour médecin, LWV29 1665 Stage
- George Dandin 1668
- Monsieur de Pourceaugnac, LWV41 1669 Stage
- Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, LWV 43 1670
- Psyché, LWV56: Opera 1671 Stage
- Psyché, tragédie-ballet, LWV 45 1671
- Acis et Galatée, LWV73 1686 Stage
- Armide, LWV 71 1686
- Air tendre et Courante
- Alceste, ou le triomphe d’Alcide, LWV50 Stage
- Alcidiane, LWV9: Ballet Stage
- Allemande, for keyboard Keyboard
- Amadis de Gaule
- Amour malade, LWV8: Ballet Stage
- Atys, LW53 Stage
- Ballet d'Alcidiane et Polexandre
- Ballet de Xerxes
- Ballet de la naissance de Venus, LWV 27
- Ballet des Plaisirs
- Ballet du Temps
- Ballet du temple de la paix, LWV 69
- Ballet royal de Flore, LWV 40
- Bellérophon, LWV57 Stage
- Benedictus, for double chorus and orchestra, LWV64/2 Vocal
- Cadmus et Hermione, LWV 49
- Concert donne au souper du roy, for keyboard Keyboard
- Courante, for keyboard Keyboard
- De profundis, for double chorus and orchestra, LWV62 Vocal
- Dies irae, for double chorus and orchestra, LWV64/1 Vocal
- Divertissement Stage
- Exaudiat Te Dominus Vocal
- Flore, LWV40: Ballet Stage
- Gavotte en rondeau Chamber
- Gavotte, for violin and piano Chamber
- Gigue, for keyboard Keyboard
- Isis, LWV54: Opera Stage
- Jubilate Deo
- L'Hercule amoureux
- La raillerie, LWV11: Ballet Stage
- Le Grand Divertissement Royal de Versailles, LWV38 Stage
- Le Sicilen, ou L'Amour peintre, LWV34 Stage
- Le Triomphe de l'amour
- Le carnival, mascarade royale, LWV36: Ballet Stage
- Le mariage forcé, LWV20 Stage
- Le triomphe de l’amour, LWV59: Ballet Stage
- Les amours déguisés, LWV21: Ballet Stage
- Les muses
- Les noces de village, LWV19: Ballet Stage
- Les plaisirs, LWV2: Ballet Stage
- Les temps, LWV1: Ballet Stage
- Marche Militaire, for brass ensemble Chamber
- Miserere, LWV 25
- Miserere, for double chorus and orchestra, LWV25 Vocal
- O lachrymae, for double chorus and orchestra, LWV26 Vocal
- Passacaglia, for cello and keyboard Chamber
- Persée 1770
- Petits motets
- Phaëton, LWV61: Opera Stage
- Pièces de symphonie, Noce de village, Airs pour Mme la dauphine, LWV70 Chamber
- Plaude laetare galia, LWV 37
- Plaude lætare, for double chorus and orchestra, LWV37 Vocal
- Proserpine, LWV 58
- Quare fremuerunt, for double chorus and orchestra, LWV67 Vocal
- Roland, LWV65: Opera Stage
- Scoca pur tutti, for voice, violin and continuo, LWV 76/3 Vocal
- Suite De Pièces
- Te Deum, for double chorus and orchestra, LWV55 Vocal
- Thésée, LWV 51
- Tout ce que j'attaque se rend Vocal
- Trios pour le coucher du Roi, for 2 violins and continuo, LWV35 Chamber
- Venerabilis barba capucinorum, LWV76/xxvi Vocal
- Xerxès, LWV12 Stage
Box sets & recent recordings
- Lully: Atys — Jean-Baptiste Lully, Mathias Vidal, Véronique Gens, Sandrine Piau, Tassis Christoyannis, David Witczak, Éléonore Pancrazi, Hasnaa Bennani, Antonin Rondepierre, Marine Lafdal-Franc (2026) box set · 83 tracks Spotify
- Lully: Thesee — Jean-Baptiste Lully, Boston Early Music Festival Chorus, Boston Early Music Festival Orchesra, Paul O'Dette, Stephen Stubbs, Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra (2007) box set · 82 tracks Spotify
- Lully: Psyché — Jean-Baptiste Lully, Boston Early Music Festival Chorus, Boston Early Music Festival Orchesra, Paul O'Dette, Stephen Stubbs, Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra (2008) box set · 74 tracks Spotify
- Lully: Atys — Jean-Baptiste Lully, Les Arts Florissants, William Christie (1987) box set · 74 tracks Spotify
- Lully: Roland — Jean-Baptiste Lully, Christophe Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques (2006) box set · 52 tracks Spotify
- Lully: Atys — Jean-Baptiste Lully, Matthew Newlin, Giuseppina Bridelli, Ana Quintans, Andreas Wolf, Cappella Mediterranea, Leonardo García-Alarcón, Chœur De Chambre De Namur (2025) box set · 46 tracks Spotify
- Lully: Le Roi Danse - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack — Jean-Baptiste Lully, Musica Antiqua Köln, Reinhard Goebel, Jacques Cordier, Michel Lambert, Robert Cambert (2000) box set · 35 tracks Spotify
- Lully: Ballet Music for the Sun King — Jean-Baptiste Lully, Aradia Ensemble, Kevin Mallon (1998) box set · 35 tracks Spotify
Box sets & recent releases via Spotify — surfaced automatically, not editorial picks.