Name Louis Lully Died April 1, 1734 | Role Jean-Baptiste Lully's son Parents Jean-Baptiste Lully | |
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Grandparents Lorenzo di Maldo Lulli, Caterina del Sera People also search for Jean-Baptiste Lully, Jean-Louis Lully, Jean-Baptiste Lully fils, Marin Marais, Michel du Boulay | ||
Louis Lully (Paris, 4 August 1664 – 1 April 1734) was a French musician and the eldest son of Jean-Baptiste Lully.
Nearly disinherited by his father following dissolute behaviour and imprisonment, Louis did not have the brilliant career anticipated for him, not only because of his behaviour but also due to his lack of talent. What success he had as an opera composer was mostly down to works written in collaboration with others. For example, he collaborated with his brother Jean-Louis and Pierre Vignon on Zephire et Flore (ballet, 1688), and with Marin Marais on Alcide (tragedie lyrique, 1693). The one work he composed on his own, Orphee (tragedie lyrique, 1690), was badly received when it was performed, though historians find it important for the prominence given in it to accompanied recitative (La Gorce 2001).