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Music in the Court of Louis XIV Tuesday, September 25 Professor Mazullo will speak on the relationship between French and Italian operatic traditions of the 17th century. He will then present the work of the Sun King's "official" opera composer, Jean-Baptiste Lully (born Giovanni Baftista Lully, near Florence, 1632-1687) and will discuss Lully's opera "Armide" (1686). He will outline various components of French Baroque opera-the French Overture, the declamatory recitative style, the obligatory ballet music-and will place Lully's work in the context of the official court culture.
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