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Re: "The Bloody Baton" and Other Incidents
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Denis Fodor <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 15 Jan 1999 15:20:11 -0500
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Jan McDaniel informs us:

>This choral work was composed for the baptism of Lully's son, and the
>godfather was none other than Louis XIV himself.  It was a subsequent
>performance during which the fatal accident occurred, however.

Good thing it occurred during a subsequent performance lest the magnificent
Te Deum be transformed into a mere Lullybye...

Denis Fodor                     Internet:[log in to unmask]

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