Talk:Jean-Baptiste Loeillet of London
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I first heard the music of this underated composer Loeillet in 1958 when i was 11 years old.My dad had bought one of those new fangled VHF Radios and he tuned in the Third Programme. The posh voice announced ""Largo in G Minor for Cello and Piano by Loeillet". I was immediately hooked as i had never heard this style of music before. In those days the only Baroque music that was ever performed was the Messiah!. I then went to my local Library and to my suprise the music was their but it turned out to be a Sonata in C minor for Recorder and Harpsicord!.The Cello version i had heard was a 1930,s arrangement. A few months later the then famous Flute player Edgar Hunt visited our school in Carlisle.He too had become interested in old music and was on a nationwide tour to try and popularize the Recorder in schools which of course is what eventually happened. He seemed suprised by my Loeillet knowledge during the question section at the end!
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[edit] Authority on assertion of namesake as cousin
This article asserts that he had a cousin with the namesake. The authoritative allmusic.com identifies him as a cousin. Dogru144 16:30, 24 July 2006 (UTC) I do not understand why someone this week removed "composer" from note distinguishing him from his cousin. His cousin was a composer. The similarity of name and period-when-active erroneously leads people to confusion unless all of the possible pitfalls for confusion are noted.Dogru144 16:01, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] This composer is different from Loeillet of London
This composer is different from his namesake relative of London. -per www.allmusic.com Dogru144 03:46, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
- Sorry, I don't think I understand you. There are a number of musical Loeillets, including "(3) Jean Baptiste Loeillet (i) [‘John Loeillet of London’]" and "(5) Jean Baptiste Loeillet (ii) [‘Loeillet de Gant’]" as they are named by Grove. Is the article alright now? I don't think John Loeillet of London could have been named after his cousin Loeillet de Gant, since Loeillet of Ghent was born eight years after him. He may have changed his name to differentiate himself from his cousin though. Mak (talk) 08:23, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
- Obviously he made that change after his cousin's fame. Many artistic professionals modify their names.Dogru144 16:05, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Discrepancy issue
There was one Jean-Baptiste Loeillet of London; and there was one with the identical name, distinguishing himself as active in Ghent, Belgium, or in that period, the Spanish Netherlands. Dogru144 28 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Month of death discrepancy
The French wikipedia site gives 19 July as his date of passing. This conflicts with the English site's date of 19 June. Dogru144 09:13 27 July 2006 (UTC)
