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Jean-Marie Leclair

1697 - 1764

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Jean-Marie Leclair l'aîné (Jean-Marie Leclair the Elder) (10 May 1697 – 22 October 1764) was a French Baroque violinist and composer. He is considered to have founded the French violin school. His brothers, the lesser-known Jean-Marie Leclair the younger (1703–77) as well as Pierre Leclair (1709–84) and Jean-Benoît Leclair (1714–after 1759), were also musicians. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Marie Leclair is the 255th most popular musician (down from 222nd in 2019), the 1,293rd most popular biography from France (down from 1,219th in 2019) and the 10th most popular French Musician.

Jean-Marie Leclair was a French violinist and composer. He is most famous for composing the first sonata for violin and harpsichord.

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Among musicians, Jean-Marie Leclair ranks 255 out of 3,175. Before him are John Zorn, Mauro Giuliani, Don Shirley, Oscar Peterson, Bono, and Joe Satriani. After him are Alan Parsons, Chris de Burgh, Georges Prêtre, Rory Gallagher, John Cale, and Dave Brubeck.

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Among people born in 1697, Jean-Marie Leclair ranks 7. Before him are Canaletto, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor, William Hogarth, Antoine François Prévost, Johann Joachim Quantz, and Louise Hippolyte, Princess of Monaco. After him are Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville, Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Faustina Bordoni, Nicola Salvi, Mahmud Hotak, and Peter August, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck. Among people deceased in 1764, Jean-Marie Leclair ranks 7. Before him are Madame de Pompadour, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Ivan VI of Russia, William Hogarth, Christian Goldbach, and Pietro Locatelli. After him are Johann Mattheson, Francis Josias, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Erik Pontoppidan, William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire, Francesco Algarotti, and Benito Jerónimo Feijóo y Montenegro.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Marie Leclair ranks 1,293 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean Mabillon (1632), François Cluzet (1955), Ange-Jacques Gabriel (1698), Lúcio Costa (1902), Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (1393), and Didier Pironi (1952). After him are Catherine de Bourbon (1559), Louis, Duke of Guyenne (1397), André Maginot (1877), Raymond Poulidor (1936), Georges Prêtre (1924), and Gustave Charpentier (1860).

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Among MUSICIANS In France

Among musicians born in France, Jean-Marie Leclair ranks 10. Before him are Thomas Bangalter (1), David Guetta (1967), Arnaut Daniel (1150), Paul Mauriat (1925), Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813), and Stéphane Grappelli (1908). After him are Georges Prêtre (1924), Louis Vierne (1870), Émile Waldteufel (1837), Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665), Jean-Pierre Rampal (1922), and Jacques Dutronc (1943).

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