The composer of the music for "Le Bourgeois gentilhomme" spent most of his life working in the court of what leader?
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (] , "The Bourgeois Gentleman" or "The Middle-Class Aristocrat" or "The Would-Be Noble") is a five-act "comédie-ballet"—a play intermingled with music, dance and singing—written by Molière, first presented on 14 October 1670 before the court of Louis XIV at the Château of Chambord by Molière's troupe of actors. Subsequent public performances were given at the theatre of the Palais-Royal beginning on 23 November 1670. The music was composed by Jean-Baptiste Lully, the choreography was by Pierre Beauchamp, the sets were by Carlo Vigarani and the costumes were done by the chevalier d’Arvieux.
Joseph d'Ortigue Joseph Louis d'Ortigue (22 May 1802 – 20 November 1866) was a French musicologist and critic. A specialist in liturgical music and a conservative Catholic of ultramontane and royalist leanings, he was a close friend of both Berlioz and Liszt. His most influential work was "Dictionnaire liturgique, historique, et theorique de plain-chant et le musique d'église", but he was also wrote for many of the most prominent periodicals of the day, including "Journal des débats" and "Le Ménestrel" where he was the editor-in-chief from 1863 until his sudden death at the age of 64.