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Louis-Gabriel Guillemain
12+ albums
composerbaroquefrenchClassicalearly music
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Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, a French composer and violinist, was born on November 5, 1705 in Paris and died on October 1, 1770 in that capital city. Raised by the Count de Rochechouart, Guillemain learned violin. To complete his studies of the violin, he went to Italy. He was a student of Giovanni Battista Somis and Jean-Marie Leclair, and held important posts at the royal court in Versailles. In 1729 Guillemain became a violinist at the opera in Lyon and on March 29, 1734 was named first violinist at the Royal Academy in Dijon. He went on to Paris where he participated in a number of musical realms, composing a wide range of sonatas while continuing to play the violin. In 1757 he married Catherine Langlais and in 1759 entered into the service of the king as violinist. His last compositions date from 1762. On his way to Versailles, he stabbed himself with a knife fourteen times and died. Louis-Claude Daquin wrote in his Lettre sur les hommes célèbres (Letter about Famous Men) : "When one speaks of a man full of fire, genius and life, one has to think of Monsieur Guillemain, Ordinaire de la Musique du Roi (Musician by appointment to the King); he is perhaps the most extraordinary and adroit violinist one can hear play. There are no difficulties that can stump him and he can compose learned pieces which sometimes embarrass his rivals. Among the great Masters, this celebrated artist is one of the most productive. His works are full of touching beauty." Principal compositions
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Violin Sonata in B Minor, Op. 1 No. 3: IV. Allegro assai
3962Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op. 12, No. 1: II. Aria
1613Sonata in D Minor, Op. 4, No. 2: II. Largo
854Amusement pour le violon seul, Op. 18: Allegro
765Amusement pour le violon seul, Op. 18: Allegretto
756Violin Sonata in B Minor, Op. 1, No. 3: IV. Allegro assai
757Amusement pour le violon seul, Op. 18: Andantino
658Amusement pour le violon seul, Op. 18: Allegro - Majestoso
649Amusement pour le violon seul, Op. 18: Altro
6410"Sonate en Quatuor" in A Minor, Op. 17 No. 6: I. Without Tempo Indication
64albums
Brillance Indéniable: The Virtuoso Violin in the Court of Louis XV – Sonatas and Symphonies by Louis-Gabriel Guillemain
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Louis-Gabriel Guillemain: Flute Quartets, Op. 12
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Brillance Indéniable: The Virtuoso Violin in the Court of Louis XV • Sonatas and Symphonies by Louis-Gabriel Guillemain
Guillemain: Amusement, Op. 18
Louis-Gabriel Guillemain: Amusements
Guillemain: Douze Caprices pour le violon seul, Op. 18
The Musicians' Table (The Perfection of Music, Masterpieces of the French Baroque, Vol. V)
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Louis-Gabriel Guillemain: Sonates en quatuors
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Quentin & Guillemain: Conversations
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Brillance Indéniable: The Virtuoso Violin in the Court of Louis XV – Sonatas and Symphoni
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Birth of the String Quartet, Vol. 2
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Sonatas for two violins