biography
| name: |
Leclair, Jean-Marie
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pronunciation:
[luhklair]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1697–1764)
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| biography:
| Composer and choreographer, born in Lyon, SC France. From a family of musicians, he is considered the founder of the French violin school, by adapting the style of Corelli. At first a dancer in the Lyon opera, he became maître de ballet in Turin, then for Louis XV in 1733. He settled in Paris at the court of La-Haye (1738–43) as theatre director of his formal pupil, the Duc de Grammont. His works include sonatas published from 1723, concertos, entertainments, ballets, and also an opera in the style of Rameau, Scylla et Glaucus. |
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