![Music History Monday: The Gnarly Demise of a Nasty Man | Robert Greenberg | Speaker, Composer, Author, Professor, Historian Music History Monday: The Gnarly Demise of a Nasty Man | Robert Greenberg | Speaker, Composer, Author, Professor, Historian](https://d3fr1q02b1tb0i.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/05085442/Lully.jpg)
Music History Monday: The Gnarly Demise of a Nasty Man | Robert Greenberg | Speaker, Composer, Author, Professor, Historian
![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
![TIL Orchestral Conductors used to keep time by pounding on the ground with a large staff until the composer Jean-Baptiste Lully stabbed himself in the foot, refused treatment, got gangrene and died. TIL Orchestral Conductors used to keep time by pounding on the ground with a large staff until the composer Jean-Baptiste Lully stabbed himself in the foot, refused treatment, got gangrene and died.](https://external-preview.redd.it/9uKKMUzWp2RKLyt-eR5WDApu68RaXxQX0Jym9s6yyvA.jpg?auto=webp&s=16c47022dc85330ab60b300da191f4fb04313bd7)
TIL Orchestral Conductors used to keep time by pounding on the ground with a large staff until the composer Jean-Baptiste Lully stabbed himself in the foot, refused treatment, got gangrene and died.
![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)