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Jean-Baptiste Lully

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The Resume

    (November 28, 1632-March 22, 1687)
    Moved to Paris as a teenager
    Birth name was Giovanni Battista Lulli
    Wrote 'Les Muses (1666),' 'Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (1670),' 'Alceste (1674),' 'Atys (1676),' 'Le Triomphe de l'amour (1681),' 'Armide (1686)' and 'Acis en Galatée (1686)'

Why he might be annoying:

    He was a professional dancer as well as a composer.
    He thought other musicians were inferior.
    Although married, he was a promiscuous bisexual.
    His patron, King Louis XIV, disapproved of his affairs with men.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was one of the most innovative composers of his day.
    He was also an accomplished comedian and actor.
    Despite disapproving of his lifestyle, Louis XIV considered him one of his best friends and always gave him work.
    He contracted gangrene and died after crushing his foot with a heavy staff, which he'd been using to pound out the tempo for his orchestra.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 90 Votes: 48.89% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 17 Votes: 70.59% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 67 Votes: 61.19% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 19 Votes: 84.21% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 48 Votes: 64.58% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 50 Votes: 62.00% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 323 Votes: 72.45% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 76 Votes: 71.05% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 430 Votes: 70.70% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 796 Votes: 68.59% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 298 Votes: 68.79% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 94 Votes: 67.02% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 112 Votes: 69.64% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 183 Votes: 56.83% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 304 Votes: 67.11% Annoying