The composer, instrumentalist and dancer who introduced French lyric tragedy, a genre of French opera, is considered a master of which style?
Jean-Baptiste Lully Jean-Baptiste Lully (] ; born Giovanni Battista Lulli ] ; 28 November 1632 – 22 March 1687) was an Italian-born French composer, instrumentalist, and dancer who spent most of his life working in the court of Louis XIV of France. He is considered a master of the French baroque style. Lully disavowed any Italian influence in French music of the period. He became a French subject in 1661.
Les fêtes d'Hébé Les fêtes d'Hébé, ou Les talens lyriques ("The Festivities of Hebe, or The Lyric Talents") is an "opéra-ballet" in a prologue and three "entrées" (acts) by the French composer Jean-Philippe Rameau. The libretto was written by Antoine Gautier de Montdorge (1707–1768). The work was first performed on 21 May 1739 by the Académie royale de musique at its theatre in the Palais-Royal in Paris..