what is rococo?
fragonard, the swing.

Jean-Baptiste Lully. 1632-1687. He was keeping time for an orchestra during rehearsal by banging a long staff on the floor (typical for the time and a precursor to the baton) when he bashed his toe with the staff. The wound became gangrenous and he refused to have it amputated. He died three months later.

Carlo Gesualdo. 1566-1613. He took a young wife who had anticipated participating in the pleasures of marriage, but, finding none, found another man and kept her love a secret for two or so years. Gesualdo came to suspect her infidelity and so told her that he would be going on an overnight hunting trip. Instead, he waited until the middle of the night and burst into her bedchambers to find her and her lover in the suspected state. He stabbed her repeatedly and kept shouting, “She’s not dead yet! She’s not dead yet!” When the two bodies were recovered from the room, the servants found that her lover had beenwearing a woman’s dressing gown, while is regular clothes were folded and unbloodied next to the bed.

Henry Purcell. 1659-1695. Died at the height of his career "The cause of his death is unclear: one theory is that he caught a chill after returning home late from the theatre one night to find that his wife had locked him out."

Jean-Philippe Rameau. 1683-1764. Composer of graceful music but, according to accounts of his acquaintances, an absolute jerk. While on his deathbed, he reproached the priest administering the last rights for chanting poorly.