Jean Marie Leclair

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.

Birth and Death Data: Born May 10, 1697 (Lyon), Died October 22, 1764 (Paris)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1908 - 1938

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer

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Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	B-6616	10-in.	11/25/1908	Sarabande	Victor String Quartet	String quartet	composer
Victor	B-16108	10-in.	6/18/1915	Tambourin	Maud Powell	Violin solo, with piano	composer
Victor	CVE-49852	12-in.	2/12/1929	Sarabande	Yehudi Menuhin ; Louis Persinger	Violin solo, with piano	composer
Victor	BS-023922	10-in.	6/28/1938	Le tambourin	Boston Pops Orchestra ; Arthur Fiedler	Orchestra	composer
Columbia	6638	12-in.	approximately 1915	Sarabande	Albert Sammons	Violin solo, with piano	composer
Brunswick	[Br (U.K.) cat 156-b]	10-in.	approximately Sept. 1927	Sarabande et tambourin	Maude Gold	Violin solo	composer

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Leclair, Jean Marie," accessed April 16, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102510.

Leclair, Jean Marie. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 16, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102510.

"Leclair, Jean Marie." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 16 April 2024.

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