frmusic1-2, Exercise 2: Louis XIV and Lully

Model answer:

Louis XIV used music, dance and theatre as instruments of royal authority: music marked the morning rising, the chapel and the evening entertainments, and the king danced in court ballets in his youth. Lully, an Italian-born musician who became a French subject, gained control of French opera and much court music, and his monopoly limited what other composers could stage. That shows a musician's career depending on royal favour and the style of French music being partly decided at court.

Check the dates and legal arrangements against a reference work.