Jean Baptiste Lully - Ballet Royal de la Nuit | Ouverture | Library of Music

The 17th-century composer Jean-Baptiste Lully was a violin virtuoso, and master of French Baroque music. A favourite of Louis XIV, Lully spent most of his career composing in his court, writing trios, operas and ballets as music master of the royal family. Lully is credited with reinventing opera, inventing the enduring French overture, and making the minuet the dominant dance form of the era.