Jean-Baptiste Lully
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Jean-Baptiste Lully was a 17th-century Italian-born French composer and court musician who became the principal architect of French Baroque opera and instrumental music under Louis XIV.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jean-Baptiste Lully canonical | 28 |
| Jean-Baptiste Lully's opera Armide | 1 |
| Jean‑Baptiste Lully | 1 |
| Lully | 1 |
| Lully operas | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Jean-Baptiste Lully Context triple: [Louis XIV of France, patronOf, Jean-Baptiste Lully]
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach was a Baroque-era German composer and musician renowned for his complex, expressive works such as the Brandenburg Concertos, the Mass in B minor, and The Well-Tempered Clavier.
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Joseph-Marie Vien
Joseph-Marie Vien was an 18th-century French painter and influential early Neoclassicist who helped shape the transition from Rococo to Neoclassical art and trained major artists of the next generation.
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André Le Nôtre
André Le Nôtre was a renowned 17th-century French landscape architect best known for designing the gardens of the Palace of Versailles and shaping the grand formal style of French garden design.
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Nicolas Poussin
Nicolas Poussin was a 17th-century French Baroque painter renowned for his classical style, rigorous composition, and history paintings that profoundly shaped later European art.
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Molière
Molière was a 17th-century French playwright and actor renowned for his sharp comedies that satirized social pretension and hypocrisy, making him one of the most influential figures in Western theatre.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Jean-Baptiste Lully Target entity description: Jean-Baptiste Lully was a 17th-century Italian-born French composer and court musician who became the principal architect of French Baroque opera and instrumental music under Louis XIV.
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A.
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach was a Baroque-era German composer and musician renowned for his complex, expressive works such as the Brandenburg Concertos, the Mass in B minor, and The Well-Tempered Clavier.
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B.
Joseph-Marie Vien
Joseph-Marie Vien was an 18th-century French painter and influential early Neoclassicist who helped shape the transition from Rococo to Neoclassical art and trained major artists of the next generation.
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C.
André Le Nôtre
André Le Nôtre was a renowned 17th-century French landscape architect best known for designing the gardens of the Palace of Versailles and shaping the grand formal style of French garden design.
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D.
Nicolas Poussin
Nicolas Poussin was a 17th-century French Baroque painter renowned for his classical style, rigorous composition, and history paintings that profoundly shaped later European art.
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E.
Molière
Molière was a 17th-century French playwright and actor renowned for his sharp comedies that satirized social pretension and hypocrisy, making him one of the most influential figures in Western theatre.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (70)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Baroque composer
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Italian emigrant to France ⓘ ballet composer ⓘ composer ⓘ conductor ⓘ court musician ⓘ opera composer ⓘ person ⓘ violinist ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1632-11-28 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Florence
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Grand Duchy of Tuscany ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Église Notre-Dame-des-Victoires, Paris ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | gangrene ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith |
Molière
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Philippe Quinault ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Grand Duchy of Tuscany
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Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| courtTitle | Compositeur de la musique instrumentale du roi ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1687-03-22 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Paris ⓘ |
| employer |
French royal court
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Louis XIV of France ⓘ
surface form:
Louis XIV
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| fullName | Giovanni Battista Lulli ⓘ |
| genre |
ballet de cour
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opera ⓘ orchestral suite ⓘ overture ⓘ sacred music ⓘ tragédie lyrique ⓘ |
| influenced |
French Baroque music
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French opera tradition ⓘ Jean-Philippe Rameau ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Italian Baroque music ⓘ |
| knownFor |
collaborations with Molière
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creating the French overture style ⓘ founding the genre of tragédie lyrique ⓘ |
| languageOfWork |
French
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Latin ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | accidental injury while conducting ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Académie royale de musique
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surface form:
Académie Royale de Musique
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| movement |
Baroque
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surface form:
French Baroque
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| nameInFrench | Jean-Baptiste Lully self-link ⓘ |
| nameInItalian | Giovanni Battista Lulli ⓘ |
| notableEvent | struck his foot with a conducting staff during a Te Deum performance ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Alceste
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Amadis ⓘ Armide ⓘ Atys ⓘ Cadmus et Hermione ⓘ Isis ⓘ Le Bourgeois gentilhomme ⓘ Le Malade imaginaire ⓘ Miserere ⓘ Perseus ⓘ
surface form:
Persée
Proserpine ⓘ Te Deum ⓘ Theseus ⓘ
surface form:
Thésée
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| occupation |
composer
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court official ⓘ dancer ⓘ instrumentalist ⓘ |
| patron |
Louis XIV of France
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surface form:
Louis XIV
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| periodActive | 17th century ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Director of the Académie Royale de Musique
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Maître de la musique de la famille royale ⓘ Surintendant de la musique de la chambre du roi ⓘ |
| royalFavor | monopoly on opera in France granted by Louis XIV ⓘ |
| style |
French overture
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dance-based rhythms ⓘ |
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Referenced by (32)
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