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 Lyon (city of France), Died October 22, 1764 (Paris (capital city and largest city of France) )
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 | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 September 1927 | Sarabande et tambourin | Maude Gold | Violin solo | composer | |
| Gramophone | Bb7399 | 10-in. | 11/25/1925 | Tambourin | Harold Craxton ; Jacques Thibaud | Violin and piano | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Leclair, Jean Marie," accessed December 24, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102510.
Leclair, Jean Marie. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 24, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102510.
"Leclair, Jean Marie." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 24 December 2025.
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External Sources
Wikipedia: Jean‐Marie Leclair
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Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Leclair, Jean-Marie, 1697-1764 - https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79100668
Wikidata: Jean‐Marie Leclair - https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q348875
VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/56796764
MusicBrainz: Jean‐Marie Leclair - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ce47f247-a086-481c-93cc-0a5459ef8ff1
Fast: https://id.worldcat.org/fast/42056 - https://id.worldcat.org/fast/42056
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