Erin Hundley Music of The Baroque period Jean Baptiste Lully was born Nov 29, 1632 in Florence Italy. He was a French Baroque opera composer, known for creating a style called tragédie lyrique. Lully composed Armide, an opera based on a poem called Jerusalem delivered. I listened to one of the more recognized excerpts, Act 2 Scene 5. The scene starts out with the main character, Armide, hovering over Renaud, a knight that she has placed a love spell on. The vocals are a unique in the fact that she is using a technique known as a recitative. This is a form of singing popular in operas that allowed a person to deliver a monologue, or an important part of the story using part spoken, and part sung vocals. The melody stays within a limited range