Lully, Louis
(1664–1734)> COMPOSER
Lully, Louis (4 August 1664, Paris; 1 April 1734, Paris), composer, was the eldest son of Jean-Baptiste Lully, whose genius he was not fortunate enough to inherit. He became superintendent and composer of the royal chamber after the death of his brother Jean-Louis Lully in 1688, however, and he collaborated with him on the score of Zéphire et Flore In 1690 his Orphée was mounted with little success at the Palais-Royal. Three years later, on 3 February 1693, the Royal Academy of Music staged…