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Jean-Baptiste de Lully (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃batist də lyˈli]; Italian: Giovanni Battista Lulli; 28 November 1632 – 22 March 1687) was an Italian-born French composer who spent most of his life working in the court of Louis XIV of France. He is considered the chief master of the French Baroque style. Lully disavowed any Italian influence in French music of the period. He became a French subject in 1661.
Lully, son of a working-class miller, was born in Florence, Italy. Lully had little education, but he learned basic techniques on the guitar, originally taught by a Franciscan friar of Florence. Later in France, he learned how to play the violin, and to dance. In 1646, he was discovered by Roger de Lorraine, the chevalier de Guise, son of Charles, Duke of Guise, and was taken to France, where he entered the services of Mademoiselle de Montpensier (la Grande Mademoiselle) as a scullery-boy and Italian-language teacher. With the help of this princess, his talent increased. He studied the theory of music under Nicolas Métru. It has been said that a scurrilous song on his patroness (the doggerel he set to music refers to a "sigh" she produced while at stool) resulted in his dismissal. It is far more likely that he did not want to moulder out in the provinces with the exiled princess.[citation needed]
We’ve all revolved enough let’s call it a day, ole
Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet
Live long years until you get blown away
Live love give love
Live love give love
Give love away
We’ve all evolved enough let’s call it a day, ok
Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet
From eating out of hands to cafeteria trays
Live love give love
Forget love live love
Give love live love
Live far away
On and on and on I find the city keep me up at night
Though I’d love them all to death if they kept me in
their prayers from now on
Cause you find exactly what you like rambling through
the city lights
And the town looks so pretty that’s why everybody keeps
their lights on
Keeps their lights on
De Pere Lachaise je me promenai
De La Bastille jusque au Chatelet
Lalalala lalalala
Lalalala lalalala
Now here is the church and here is the staple
Open the doors and see all the people
Now here is the church and here is the staple
Open the doors and see all the people
Ne pas fumer des cigarettes
Ne pas manger des moules
Ne pas boire du l’eau
La musique sera encore plus meilleur
Ne pas fumer des cigarettes
Ne pas manger des moules
Ne pas boire du l’eau
La musique sera encore plus meilleur
Cause you find exactly what you like rambling through
the city lights
And the town looks so pretty that’s why everybody keeps
their lights on
On and on and on I find the city keeps me up at night
Though I’d love them all to death if they kept me in
their prayers from now on
Cause you find exactly what you like rambling through
the city lights
And the town looks so pretty that’s why everybody keeps
their lights on
Yeah the town looks so pretty
Yeah the town looks so pretty
Yeah the town looks so pretty that’s why everybody