Jean-Baptiste Lully is a composer. The rival of the writer of the 4 act dramatic opera Askold's Grave is also a composer.
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka (Russian:    ; 1 June[O.S. 20 May]1804 15 February[O.S. 3 February]1857 ) was the first Russian composer to gain wide recognition within his own country, and is often regarded as the fountainhead of Russian classical music. 
Jean-Baptiste Lully (] ; born Giovanni Battista Lulli ] ; 28 November 1632 22 March 1687) was an Italian-born French composer, instrumentalist, and dancer who spent most of his life working in the court of Louis XIV of France. 
Alexey Nikolayevich Verstovsky (Russian:    ) (March 1[O.S. February 18]1799 November 17[O.S. November 5]1862 ) was a Russian composer, musical bureaucrat and rival of Mikhail Glinka. 
Askold's Grave (also: "Askold's Tomb", Russian:    Askoldova mogila) is an opera in 4 acts by Alexey Verstovsky (17991862) to a libretto by Mikhail Zagoskin (17891852). 
