Piano Pieces by Lully: Masterworks by a Composer Favored by the King of France

Jean-Baptiste Lully was a Baroque-era composer who wielded immense influence as the court musician to Louis XIV in the Kingdom of France, which once existed in Europe.

Though often described as lacking in humanity and notorious for his capricious behavior that earned him many enemies, he nevertheless left behind works across every genre—ballet, comédie-ballet, opera, and sacred music—making full use of his musical genius.

In this article, we have carefully selected and introduced works by Lully that are still beloved today in performances on the piano—a instrument that did not exist at the time they were composed.