List of compositions by Jean-Baptiste Lully

This page contains a list of the works of Jean-Baptiste Lully; also lists of the dance-forms and instruments he frequently was to use.

Contents

Lully's Works

Operas (Tragédies en musique)

Pastorales

Ballets

Ballets cowritten with Jean Baptiste Lully

Comedies (Comédies)

Comedies cowritten with Lully

Tragédie-ballets

Eclogues (Églogues)

Interludes (Intermèdes)

Grands Motets

Petits Motets

Other works

Apocryphal composition

French sources widely attribute to Lully the composition of the British patriotic anthem God Save the Queen: the sole ultimate source of the attribution is a 19th-century forgery, the Souvenirs of the Marquise de Créquy (q.v.).

French court dances of the 17th Century

These are the dances featured prominently in Lully's ballets and later in his operas:

Instrumentation

Lully's instrumentation is varied and typical of the time period. He introduced the oboe and bassoon as a regular members of the orchestra. Here is a list of the instruments typically used in his music: