French composer (1649-1709) and main collaborator of Jean-Baptiste Lully. Lully appointed him conductor of the Académie Royale de Musique orchestra. He completed his master's final tragédie lyrique called Achille et Polyxène which was a humiliating flop. He had his revenge in 1689 with Thétis et Pélée which ran for 61 years at the Académie Royale de Musique and featured the first 'musical storm'. That year he married the daughter of designer Jean Bérain. He created the opéra-ballet prototype Le Ballet des Saisons in 1695 with Abbot Jean Pic. He served as master of music for the Musique de la Chambre du Roi and choirmaster for Les Pages in the wake of Michel Lamberl in 1696 and up until his death.
