Jean-Baptiste Lully

Jean-Baptiste Lully, originally Giovanni Battista Lulli (November 28, 1632–March 22, 1687), was an Italian-born French composer, who spent most of his life working in the court of Louis XIV of France. He took French citizenship in 1661.

Instrumentation

Lully's instrumentation is varied and typical of the time period:

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• violins, five sizes/voices: (dessus, haute-contre, taille, quinte, basse), close to one voice of violins, three voices of violas, and cello(violoncello))
• basse de viole (viole, viola da gamba)
• guitar
• lute
• archlute
• theorbo
• harpsichord
• organ
• oboe
• bassoon
• recorder
• flute
• brass
• percussion