Domineering musical genius - Lully
During the Baroque period in music history, France's most representative opera composer was Lully (1632-1687). He composed fifteen operas in his lifetime, including "Cadmus and Elona", "Attis", "Assis and Galatea", and created French opera that was different from Italian opera. Known as "lyrical operas", the main characteristics of these operas are: 1. The overture adopts the form of a dotted adagio followed by a fast fugue section; 2. A large number of ballets are used, almost close to dance dramas; 3. The chorus plays an important role ; 4. Use a gorgeous recitative style that closely matches the rhythm of the French language. Generally, his arias are not very important. Lully had excellent musical talent. When he was fourteen, he was brought to Paris from Italy and served in the Orleans Palace, the cousin of King Louis XIV of France. He was quickly appreciated by Orgen and was appointed leader of the string section. . At the age of twenty, he began to serve in the young king's court. He was a versatile player, a composer, and a dancer in the "King's Twenty-Four Violins". In 1656, he established a small band and served as its personal conductor. He made the band's discipline and coordination impeccable. , becoming renowned as one of Europe's premier bands. He was appointed as court composer and royal music teacher. Starting in 1664, he successively wrote music for Molière's ballet comedies, including "Forced Marriage", "The Amorous Doctor", "Dirty Monsieur", "Beautiful Lover" " and so on. In these dance dramas, he continued to act as an actor and dancer as always.
Such a musical genius who is recognized as the leader in art is, morally speaking, a despicable villain. He is flattering, treacherous and cunning; he is both domineering and groveling. He is ruthless and merciless to those who hinder his future; In 1673, he managed to obtain the patent rights to produce operas in Paris from Perrin and Cambell, and collaborated with the poet Quino to become the founder of French opera. After becoming a master, he dominated French opera for a long time, ruling the musical kingdom with an absolute autocratic status, not allowing anyone to share his power. He persecuted Campbell with an irreconcilable hatred, forcing the latter to emigrate to England, where he died in 1677. As a favorite of the king, he seized privileges and amassed wealth, his lavish residence in Paris still stands today, and he was a worthy figure in the corrupt and criminal court of Louis XIV.
The imperious music maestro died unexpectedly. In 1687, while conducting "Ode to Gratitude", he accidentally hit the instep of his foot with his baton. The conductor at that time was very different from today, and the sound was sounded by hitting the ground with a metal pipe-shaped stick. It may be that Lu Li used too much force while commanding, and his foot was seriously injured. It was infected and caused poisoning, and he died of it. After his death, he left behind 870,000 silver coins.
Lully, the French music master, on the one hand created numerous works for mankind and made great contributions; on the other hand, he exercised power arbitrarily and did not know how to suppress and destroy What an outstanding musical genius, he is truly a musician with a mixture of good and bad.