When it comes to anecdotes about musicians, the one about 17th century French composer Jean-Baptiste Lully certainly ranks among the most bizarre. Lully, who spent much of his career writing music for ...

Jean-Baptiste Lully, a master of 17th century French Baroque, answered to both master and muse in his 1675 opera "Thésée." The former was Louis XIV, whose court is celebrated in a long and floridly ...

Jean-Baptiste Lully was the toast of the town in France during the Baroque era. The French King loved Lully, and today's Beautiful Music is a live performance of an excerpt from the composer's comédie ...

Streaming platforms for Three Motets by Lully French Baroque Music from Versailles haven’t been announced yet. Check back soon for updates on where you can watch it online.

Lucie Skeaping and Emma Murphy explore Lully's profound influence on music in Bohemia and composers such as George Muffat and Johann Caspar Gerdinand Fischer. We'll hear suites by both composers as ...

The Palace of Versailles has always been about artifice. Nothing is quite true, its spectacle invented and reinvented for its age. Ironically, in our days of access and equality, it is probably far ...