On this day
22
March

Stephen Sondheim, Jean-Baptiste Lully

Born: Stephen Sondheim (1930)
Died: Jean-Baptiste Lully (1687)

Born on this day

22MarBorn 193096th birthday

Stephen Sondheim

He reinvented the Broadway musical with “Company”, “Sweeney Todd” and “Into the Woods” – and found love only late in life.

Died on this day

22MarDied 1687339th anniversary of death

Jean-Baptiste Lully

The son of a Florentine miller became the most powerful musician at the court of Louis XIV – and fell from favour over an affair with a page.