Here's the first scene of the film "Le Roi danse" where Lully hurts his foot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTY9iIXO4R4
> -----Mensaje original----- > De: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] En nombre de > Peter Danner > Enviado el: miércoles, 16 de marzo de 2011 09:00 > Para: A. J. Ness > CC: Jean-Marie Poirier; Lute List > Asunto: [LUTE] Re: Beating time for Lully > > The "symbolism" can be found in Olivier Bernier's biography of Louis > XIV. At the time he struck his foot, Lully was conducting a Te Deum > written to celebrate Louis' recovery from a serious illness. The > doctors had so botched the job on the king, which involved surgery > (without anesthetic of course), that Lully wanted them no where near > him. Even when gangrene set in. > > Peter Danner > > On Mar 16, 2011, at 3:07 AM, A. J. Ness wrote: > > I was referring to that tale told in U.S. music appreciation classes > about Lully's death. But perhaps it is true. I decided to check > with > Nicolas Slonimsky (Baker's Biographical Dictionary): > > [Lully's] death resulted from a symbolic accident: while > conducting, he > > vehemently struck his foot with a sharp-pointed cane used to pound > > out the beat; gangrene set in and he died of blood poisoning. > > > > What is a "symbolic accident"? > > > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
