Jean-Baptiste Loeillet of London, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Belgian composer
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Place of Birth: Ghent, Belgium
About Jean-Baptiste Loeillet of London
- Jean-Baptiste Loeillet of London (18 November 1680 – 19 July 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 the Jean-Baptiste Lully, the Italian-born French composer.
- His works were published by John 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[1] 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 Loeillet's Gigues.
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