Most music lovers know the tragicomic story of Jean-Baptiste Lully’s untimely demise. He was conducting a piece in his usual manner--by raising and lowering a long, pointed cane, which he occasionally ...

When it comes to anecdotes about musicians, the one about 17th century French composer Jean-Baptiste Lully certainly ranks among the most bizarre. Lully, who spent much of his career writing music for ...

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Jean-Baptiste Lully met a rather sticky end. Quite literally, by his own conducting staff. Lully, it is remembered, loved to compose music that could be danced to. As many conductors did at this time, ...