![Fun fact: Jean-Baptiste Lully died when conducting a performance by hitting himself with a long conducting stick and infect his foot which reached to the body : r/lingling40hrs Fun fact: Jean-Baptiste Lully died when conducting a performance by hitting himself with a long conducting stick and infect his foot which reached to the body : r/lingling40hrs](https://preview.redd.it/7khso4lzbkw71.png?auto=webp&s=7ef1fb2a1fad4237b5ddff1779772db8adf54f6c)
Fun fact: Jean-Baptiste Lully died when conducting a performance by hitting himself with a long conducting stick and infect his foot which reached to the body : r/lingling40hrs
Canzona - Jean-Baptiste Lully died shortly after the composition of his Grands Motets from complications of gangrene, having stabbed his foot with his conducting staff during a performance of his Te Deum
![Jean-Baptiste Lully (born Giovanni Battista Lulli November 28, 1632 - March 22, 1687) was an Italian-born French composer, instrumentalist, and dancer who spent most of his life working in the court of Jean-Baptiste Lully (born Giovanni Battista Lulli November 28, 1632 - March 22, 1687) was an Italian-born French composer, instrumentalist, and dancer who spent most of his life working in the court of](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/G16EHP/jean-baptiste-lully-born-giovanni-battista-lulli-november-28-1632-G16EHP.jpg)