Enjoy, Learn, Discuss: Jean-Baptiste Lully

As a composer, dance-master and musician from Italy, Jean-Baptiste Lully was adopted into his court by the French sun king, Louis XIV. He eventually became the French king’s court composer, and developed and then defined the French national style, gaining a royal monopoly on the composition of operatic music.

2MBS presenter Andrew Dziedzic, whose previous talks on Bach might have led you to (mistakenly) believe he might not favour the French baroque, hopefully will demonstrate why Lully deservedly had such compositional dominance in 17th century France.

This presentation is followed by light refreshments.

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