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Lully, Jean-Baptiste (sh) and Lizard (medicine)


Lully, Jean-Baptiste (sh)




orig. Giovanni Battista Lulli

born Nov. 28, 1632, Florence
died March 22, 1687, Paris, France

Italian-born French composer.

He was made a ward of the court after his mother died and was sent to a noble French household at age 13 as valet. There he learned guitar, organ, violin, and dancing and came to know the composer Michel Lambert (1610-96), who introduced him to society and later became his father-in-law. Lully became a dancer and musician for the king and at age 30 was put in charge of all royal Music. In the 1660s he composed the incidental Music for Moliere's plays as well as those of France's great tragedians. In the early 1670s he obtained the sole patent to present opera and produced the series of "lyric tragedies"
most with librettos by Philippe Quinault (1635-88)
for which he is known, including Alceste (1674), Atys (1676), and Armide (1686). The orchestra he developed was an important forerunner of the modern orchestra. A self-inflicted injury to his toe with his heavy conducting stick led to his death. His style of composition was imitated throughout Europe.


Lizard (medicine)


lizard


1. <zoology> Any one of the numerous species of reptiles belonging to the order Lacertilia; sometimes, also applied to reptiles of Other orders, as the Hatteria.

most lizards have an elongated body, with four legs, and a long tail; but there are some without legs, and some with a short, thick tail. Most have scales, but some are naked; most have eyelids, but some do not. The tongue is varied in form and structure. In some it is forked, in others, as the chameleons, club-shaped, and very extensible. See Amphisbaena, Chameleon, Gecko, Gila monster, Horned toad, Iguana, and Dragon.

2. A piece of rope with thimble or block spliced into one or both of the ends.

3. A piece of timber with a forked end, used in dragging a heavy stone, a log, or the like, from a field.

<zoology> Lizard fish, a kind of serpentine from near Lizard Point, Cornwall, England, used for ornamental purposes.

Origin: OE. Lesarde, OF. Lesarde, F. Lezard, L. Lacerta, lacertus. Cf. Alligator, Lacerta.

Source: Websters Dictionary