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Definition of Lulli
1. Noun. French composer (born in Italy) who was the court composer to Louis XIV and founded the national French opera (1632-1687).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lulli
Literary usage of Lulli
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Modern Music and Musicians by Louis Charles Elson (1918)
"Lulli was by this means brought into direct contact with Cavalli's works, ...
Lulli, however, had the ear of the King, and persuaded him to abrogate ..."
2. Annals of the French Stage from Its Origin to the Death of Racine by Frederick William Hawkins (1884)
"Madame complied with the request, but a glance at the book convinced the King
that Lulli was not to blame. Irritated at finding that all his labour had been ..."
3. University Musical Encyclopedia by Louis Charles Elson (1912)
"JEAN BAPTISTE Lulli 'T*HE first French composer of a series of operas, Jean
Baptiste Lulli (or Lully), the son of Lorenzo de' Lulli, a gentleman of Florence ..."
4. Universal Pronouncing Dictionary of Biography and Mythology by Joseph Thomas (1901)
"Lulli, (JEAN Louis,) born in 1667, succeeded his father, Jean Baptiste, as composer
to the king. ... Lulli was full of quixotic and fantastical projects, ..."
5. My Musical Life by Hugh Reginald Haweis (1898)
"GIOVANNI BATTISTA Lulli, 1590, about whom I know little more, was the first ...
Lulli himself was not only a good cook and fine fiddler, but an excellent ..."
6. Lives of the Necromancers: Or, An Account of the Most Eminent Persons in by William Godwin (1876)
"Among the European students of these interesting secrets a foremost place is to
be assigned to Raymond Lulli and Arnold of Villeneuve. Lulli was undoubtedly ..."
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