Lully

American  

[loo-lee, ly-lee, luhl-ee] / ˈlu li, lüˈli, ˈlʌl i /

noun

1. Italian Lulli.  Jean Baptiste 1632–87, French composer, especially of operas and ballets, born in Italy.

2. Catalan Lull.  Raymond or Ramón Doctor Illuminatus, 1235?–1315, Spanish theologian, philosopher, and author.

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Lully British  

noun

1. Jean Baptiste (ʒɑ̃ batist), Italian name Giovanni Battista Lulli. 1632–87, French composer, born in Italy; founder of French opera. With Philippe Quinault as librettist, he wrote operas such as Alceste (1674) and Armide (1686); as superintendent of music at the court of Louis XIV, he wrote incidental music to comedies by Molière

2. Also: Lull.  Raymond or Ramón (raˈmɔn). ?1235–1315, Spanish philosopher, mystic, and missionary. His chief works are Ars generalis sive magna and the Utopian novel Blaquerna

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Example Sentences

An essential piece of conductor lore is the example of the composer Jean-Baptiste Lully, who was pounding away with his staff in a performance in 1687 when he hit his foot by accident.

From Washington Post • Oct. 1, 2019

But some music historians argue it was based on a still earlier tune, with English composer John Bull, the French court composer Jean-Baptiste Lully and a military hymn from Switzerland all mooted as the source.

From BBC • Sep. 1, 2018

Mr. Langrée chose older works by Mozart and Lully that complemented Mr. Lang’s piece, scores that incorporate, for their time, exotic percussion instruments, including cymbals, triangle and tambourines to evoke Turkish locales.

From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2017

Also interesting are the two “apothéoses” by Couperin that Rousset includes on the disk: instrumental tributes to two deceased composers he admired: Lully and Corelli.

From Washington Post • Oct. 20, 2016

In this respect the 2 + 1 triplet has become as habitual to post-jazz popular song as the unwritten notes inegales were to the dance music of Lully and Rameau.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall