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Jean-Baptiste Loeillet
12+ albums
baroqueClassical18th centurycomposerBarroco
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Jean-Baptiste Loeillet of London (November 18, 1680 – July 19, 1730), was a Flemish baroque composer as well as a performer on the recorder, flute, oboe, and harpsichord. He is called the London Loeillet to distinguish him from another famous composer, his first cousin Jean Baptiste Loeillet of Ghent, and he was the elder brother of Jacques Loeillet, also a composer. Loeillet was born at Ghent, then in the Spanish Netherlands. In 1705, after his studies in Ghent and Paris, he moved to London and became known as John. In London, his last name was sometimes rendered as 'Lully' or 'Lullie': he was unrelated to Jean-Baptiste Lully, the French composer. His works were published by Walsh in London under the name of John Loeillet. He was successful as a player and teacher of the harpsichord. He played woodwind in the Queen's Theatre in the Haymarket and held musical gatherings every week at his home. His performances were well received in London; and he was responsible for introducing Arcangelo Corelli's 12 concerti grossi to Londoners. According to the New Penguin Dictionary of Music, he helped to popularise the transverse flute (a new instrument compared to the recorder) in England. He died in London. Leopold Godowsky's piano suite Renaissance features an arrangement of one of the composer's Gigues. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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Recorder Sonata in D Minor, Op. 2, No. 3: I. Vivace
2592Keyboard Suite in E Minor: IV. Sarabande
2583Keyboard Suite in E Minor: II. Courante
1864Flute Concerto in D Major: I. Allegro
465Recorder Sonata in G Major, Op. 1, No. 3: I. Largo
446Suite - Transcription by Leopold Godowsky: Giga
407Recorder Sonata in G Major, Op. 1, No. 3: III. Adagio
398Recorder Sonata in D Minor, Op. 2, No. 3: V. Giga
369Recorder Sonata in D Minor, Op. 2, No. 3: II. Allemanda
3410Recorder Sonata in G Major, Op. 1, No. 3: II. Allegro
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Loeillet de Gant: Recorder Sonatas, Opp. 1-4
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Loeillet de Gant: Recorder Sonatas
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Dance Music Through the Ages: Renaissance; Early Baroque; High Baroque; Rococo; Viennese Classical Period; Biedermeier Period
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Selected Duets
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Emil Gilels 100: Essential
Emil Gilels - Early Recordings
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Baroque
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Musik in der Frauenkirche
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Flemish Masters of the 17th & 18th Centuries: Sonatas for Violin solo & Basso continuo
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Loeillet: 6 Suits of Lessons for Harpsichord or Spinet
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The Sound Of Baroque
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Jean-Baptiste Loeillet de Gant: Flute Sonata in C Major (Piano Accompaniment, Let's Play Together)