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1haughty, arrogant, and irascible. In a fit of excitement while conducting, he struck his foot with the cane used as a bâton; an abscess resulted, which caused his death.—The works produced by L. after 1672, mostly at the 'Académie royale,' are as follows: Les fêtes de l'Amour et de Bacchus, a pastoral (1672; a pasticcio from his earlier ballets and masques); Cadmus et Hermione, lyric tragedy (1673); Alceste, ou le triomphe d'Alcide (1674); Thésée (1675); Le Carnaval, opera-ballet (1675); Atys, lyric tragedy (1676); Isis, 'tragédie-opéra' (1677); Psyche, lyric tragedy (1678); Bellérophon, opera (1679); Proserpine, lyric tragedy (1680); Le triomphe de l'Amour, opera-ballet (1681); Persée, lyric tragedy (1682); Phaëton, lyric tragedy (1683); Amadis de Gaule, lyric tragedy (1684); Roland, lyric tragedy (1685); l'Idylle de la Paix, ou l'églogue de Versailles, divertissement (1685); Le temple de la Paix, opera-ballet (1685); Armide et Renaud, lyric tragedy (1686); Acis et Galatée, heroic pastoral (1686); parts of Act I of Achille et Polyxène, lyric tragedy (1687; written with Colasse). All the above have been publ.; nearly all by Breitkopf & Härtel in 'Chefs-d'œuvre classiques de l'opéra français'; Armide et Renaud in Eitner's 'Monatshefte für Musikgeschichte,' vol. xiv (full score, also pf.-score).—Besides these, L. wrote the music to many ballets, masques, etc.; also symphonies, trios, airs for vln.; a Te Deum, a Miserere, a 4-part mass a cappella, many motets, etc.—BIBLIOGRAPHY: Le Prévost d'Exmes, L. musicien (Paris, 1779); Th. Lajarte, L. (Paris, 1878); E. Radet, L. Homme d'affaires, propriétaire et musicien (Paris, 1891); R. Gandolfi, Accademia dedicata a G. B. L. e Luigi Cherubini (Florence, 1902); R. Rolland, Musiciens d'autrefois (Paris, 1908); H. Prunières, L. (ib., 1909); L. de la Laurencie, L. (ib., 1911); H. Prunières, L'opera italien en France avant L. (ib., 1913); id., Le ballet de cour en France avant L. (ib., 1914).
3Lully, Louis de, son of preceding, b. Paris, Aug. 4, 1664; d. after 1713; brought out 3 operas, a ballet, a cantata, etc.
5Lumbye [lõom'bü], Hans Christian, b. Copenhagen, May 2, 1810; d. there Mar. 20, 1874. Called the 'Northern Strauss,' on account of his popular dance-music. In 1865 he organized an orch., with which he played in Copenhagen, and made tours.—His son and successor, Georg (b. Copenhagen, Aug. 26, 1843), wrote an opera, The Witch's Flute (Copenhagen, 1869).—Cf. G. Skjerne, H. C. L. og hans Samtid (Copenhagen, 1912).
7Lund, John, b. Hamburg, Oct. 20, 1859. St. pf. with Conrad Dinkler there; from 1876-80 pupil at the Leipzig Cons. of E. F. Wenzel, Dr. O. Paul, E. Fr. Richter and Carl Reinecke; 1880-3, chorus-master at the Bremen opera; 1883-4, asst.-cond. at the opera in Stettin; 1884, asst.-cond. to Dr. Damrosch during the first season of German opera at the M. O. H.; 1885, on tour with Walter Damrosch and the Ger. Opera Co.; 1887-1903, in Buffalo as cond. of the 'Orpheus' and the B. Symph. Orch.; 1903-14, touring the U. S. as cond. of V. Herbert's operas written for Fritz Scheff; since 1914 again in Buffalo as cond. of the 'Orpheus' and the munic. symph. concerts.—Works: Germanensug for sop. and bar. soli, m. ch. and orch.; Griechisches Kriegslied for do.; Kaiser Karl for bar. solo, m. ch. and orch.; Spring Morning for sop. solo, m. ch. and orch.; Liebeslied, Intermezzo, Im Garten, for str.-orch.; Novellette (str.-sextet); numerous songs (Musikantenliebe, Spatz und Spätzin, Klingend Nachtgebet, etc.).
9Lunn, Charles, singing-teacher and writer; b. Birmingham, England, Jan. 5, 1838; d. London, Feb. 28, 1906. After vocal study in Italy with Sangiovanni, Cattaneo and Vizione (1860-4), he sang in concert and oratorio till 1867, and then settled as a teacher in Birmingham, where his Pupils' Concerts, given in the Town Hall, became important local events; in 1895 he removed to London. Author of an important work, The Philosophy of Voice (1874; 10th ed. 1906), followed by a sequel, Vox Populi (1880); also Vocal Expression, Empirical or Scientific (1878); several pamphlets and many contributions to journals.
11Lunn, Henry Charles, b. London, 1817; d. there Jan. 23, 1894. From 1835-43 pupil at the R. A. M. of C. Potter and C. Lucas; later teacher, and finally dir. there; from 1863-87 editor of the 'Mus. Times'; retired in 1887. His Musings of a Musician (1846) passed through many editions; wrote many articles for the 'Mus. Times' and other papers; publ. songs and pf.-pcs.; several orchl. comps. in MS.
13Lunn, Louise. See Kirkby-Lunn.
15Lupori'ni, Gaetano, dramatic composer; b. Lucca, Italy, 1865. A pupil of Primo Quilici, and a protégé of Ricordi. After graduating from the Pacini Mus. Inst., he comp. a 4-part mass w. orch., and a suite for orch.; has also prod. the opera Marcella; a 3-act lyric comedy, I dispetti amorosi (Turin, 1894; succ.); the 3-act opera seria La Collana di Pasqua (Naples, 1896; very succ.); and the 3-act op. seria Nova (Lucca, 1908).
17Lupot [lü-poh'], Nicolas, the most important member of a French family of violin-makers; b. Stuttgart, 1758; d. Paris,
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