Lully, Jean-Louis
(1667–1688)> COMPOSER
Lully, Jean-Louis (24 September 1667, Paris; 28 December 1688, Paris), composer, was baptized in the church of Saint-Roch near the Palais-Royal and his father’s home. The third son of Jean-Baptiste Lully, he was destined to inherit his famous father’s positions at Court and in the Royal Academy of Music, but he died prematurely at age 21. He was buried in the church of the Petits-Pères. Zéphire et Flore was his only contribution to French operatic music; his brother, Louis Lully, helped him…