Jean Baptiste Lully

Jean-Baptiste Lully born Giovanni Battista Lulli (28 or 29 November [O.S. 18 or 19 November] 1632 – 22 March 1687) was an Italian-French composer, dancer and instrumentalist, who is considered a master of the French Baroque music style. Best known for his operas, he spent most of his life working in the court of Louis XIV and became a French subject in 1661. He was a close friend of the playwright Molière, with whom he collaborated on numerous comédie-ballets, including L'Amour médecin, George Dandin ou le Mari confondu, Monsieur de Pourceaugnac, Psyché and his best known work, Le Bourgeois gentilhomme.

Birth and Death Data: Born Florence (Italian city and commune, located in Tuscany), Died 1687 (Paris (capital city and largest city of France) )

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1912 - 1936

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer

Notes: Surname sometimes spelled Lulli.

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	B-12914	10-in.	2/13/1913	Au clair de la lune	Edmond Clément ; Geraldine Farrar	Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with piano	composer
Victor	B-24465	10-in.	9/15/1920	Bois epais	Enrico Caruso	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-26195	10-in.	4/3/1922	Gavotte	Erica Morini	Violin solo, with piano	composer
Victor	CVE-56840	12-in.	4/30/1930	Notturno	Philadelphia Orchestra ; Leopold Stokowski	Orchestra	composer
Victor	CVE-56841	12-in.	4/30/1930	Alceste : Prelude	Philadelphia Orchestra ; Leopold Stokowski	Orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-59495	10-in.	5/1/1930	Gavotte	Victor Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Victor	BS-83117	10-in.	5/3/1934	Air tendre et courante	American Society of Ancient Instruments ; Ben Stad	Instrumental quintet	composer
Victor	G-2004	10-in.	5/12/1917	Gavotte	Helène Chalot ; Alba Rosa	Violin and harp duet	composer
Columbia	19763	10-in.	2/15/1912	Bois epais, redouble ton ombre	Georgette Leblanc Maeterlinck	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	76037	12-in.	approximately 1917	Marriage of Figaro : Sarabande	Beecham Symphony Orchestra ; Thomas Beecham	Orchestra	composer
Columbia	86590	10-in.	approximately September 1920	Au clair de la lune	Blanche Gonthier ; Émile Gour	Female-male vocal duet, with orchestra	composer
Edison	7563	10-in.	10/7/1920	Bois épais	Paul Dufault	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor (Canada)	[ViC cat 263541-A]	10-in.	before 11/1/1928	Au clair de la lune	Émile Larochelle ; Gabrielle Pouliot	Female-male vocal duet, with piano	composer
Columbia (U.K.)	WL533	10-in.	7/1/1927	Au clair de la lune	Yves Tinayre	Male vocal solo	composer
Columbia (U.K.)	WL1037	10-in.	5/2/1928	Marches and refrains de l'armée française	Orchestre Militaire ; Gabriel Parès	Band	composer
Columbia (U.K.)	WL2084	10-in.	3/3/1930	Revenez amours, revenez	Eugène Bigot ; Jane Laval	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia (U.K.)	CL5880	10-in.	10/6/1936	Au clair de la lune	Charpini et Brancato ; Lao Silésu	Vocal duet, with piano	composer

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Lully, Jean Baptiste," accessed December 24, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102411.

Lully, Jean Baptiste. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 24, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102411.

"Lully, Jean Baptiste." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 24 December 2025.

Wikidata: Jean‐Baptiste Lully - https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1192

VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/13099537

MusicBrainz: Jean‐Baptiste Lully - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7f9989b0-8f5e-41dd-bbab-1fff052609e3

Fast: https://id.worldcat.org/fast/38471 - https://id.worldcat.org/fast/38471

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