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Jean Baptiste Loeillet of Ghent
Person · male · Ghent · born 1688 · died 1720 · recording since 2009
Belgian composer
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Also known as Jean Baptiste Loeillet · Jean Baptiste Loeillet de Gante · Jean-Baptiste Loeillet de Gand · Jean-Baptiste Loeillet de Gant · Jean-Baptiste Loeillet of Ghent · Jean-Baptiste Loeillet van Gent · +3 more
Timeline
4 events◦ Birth 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1▣ Album 1
1680s
1720s
2000s
· Debut release
Debut release: Recorder Sonatas
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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Biography
English biography302 words · 2 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1305503660
Biography
Jean Baptiste Loeillet (6 July 1688 – c. 1720), who later styled himself Loeillet de Gant, was a Flemish composer, born in Ghent. He spent the largest part of his life in France in service to the archbishop of Lyon, Paul-François de Neufville de Villeroy. He wrote many works for recorder, including trio sonatas, unaccompanied sonatas for 2 recorders, and solo sonatas. He died in Lyon around 1720.
Jean Baptiste Loeillet was a member of the large and musical Loeillet family, and the son of Pieter Loeillet and his first wife Marte (née Nortier).
Loeillet added "de Ghent" to his surname to avoid confusion with his cousin, Jean-Baptiste Loeillet of London (1680–1730), who was a well-known musician and composer in London. The similar names have often caused confusion and mis-attribution of works, such as Alexandre Beón's arrangement of the C minor Piano trio for recorder, oboe, and basso continuo for modern instruments (the Piano Trio in B minor, now reprinted by International) incorrectly attributed to Loeillet de Ghent. Forty-eight sonatas for recorder and continuo were printed in Amsterdam in 1710 and 1717 and, "clearly popular" per musician, composer and historian John W. Duarte, were re-printed in London by Walsh & Hare in 1712 and 1722. Duarte called the sonatas "in the style of Corelli" and placed the composer's work in the baroque period.
Recordings
Loeillet. Sonatas & Trio Sonatas, La Caccia directed by Derker Levine, 2006, MF8007. Contains recordings of sonatas by Jean-Baptiste Loeillet de Gant, Jean-Baptiste Loeillet de Londres and Jacques Loeillet.
Maurice André, Sonata in E minor Op. 3 No. 12 (5 movements; 12:20); CD with selections by JSBach, Corelli, GFHandel and contemporaries transposed for trumpet (André) with organ (Hedwig Bilgram) (Hayes, Middlesex, England: EMI Classics (Indianapolis, Ind.: manufactured for BMG Direct Marketing)), 1992.
Loeillet de Gant: Recorder Sonatas Naxos, 2011
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 10 | 58.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 1 | 73.9th |
| Studio albums | 1 | 76th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 4 | 75.9th |
| Recording span (years) | -289 | 1.8th |
| Genres | 3 | 80.4th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (1 release groups · 1 studio albums)
Albums · 1
2009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 37 tracks · 1:13:35
1Sonata op. II/3 d-moll F-Altblockflöte, B.c.: Vivace1:052Sonata op. II/3 d-moll F-Altblockflöte, B.c.: Allemanda3:233Sonata op. II/3 d-moll F-Altblockflöte, B.c.: Sarabanda1:354Sonata op. II/3 d-moll F-Altblockflöte, B.c.: Presto0:315Sonata op. II/3 d-moll F-Altblockflöte, B.c.: Giga2:206Sonata op. I/3 G-dur G-Altblockflöte, B.c.: Largo2:277Sonata op. I/3 G-dur G-Altblockflöte, B.c.: Allegro3:038Sonata op. I/3 G-dur G-Altblockflöte, B.c.: Adagio3:049Sonata op. I/3 G-dur G-Altblockflöte, B.c.: Gavotta1:5210Sonata op. III/5 c-moll F-Altblockflöte, B.c.: Largo1:5311Sonata op. III/5 c-moll F-Altblockflöte, B.c.: Allegro2:3212Sonata op. III/5 c-moll F-Altblockflöte, B.c.: Poco Allegro1:5413Sonata op. III/5 c-moll F-Altblockflöte, B.c.: Adagio1:2014Sonata op. III/5 c-moll F-Altblockflöte, B.c.: Giga Allegro2:2915Sonata op. I/6 C-dur Sixthflute, B.c.: Allegro2:2216Sonata op. I/6 C-dur Sixthflute, B.c.: Allegro2:1117Sonata op. I/6 C-dur Sixthflute, B.c.: Adagio0:5918Sonata op. I/6 C-dur Sixthflute, B.c.: Presto1:5319Sonata op. I/6 C-dur Sixthflute, B.c.: Adagio0:4120Sonata op. I/6 C-dur Sixthflute, B.c.: Giga Allegro2:0621Sonata op. IV/11 f-moll F-Altblockflöte, B.c.: Largo1:5122Sonata op. IV/11 f-moll F-Altblockflöte, B.c.: Allegro2:0023Sonata op. IV/11 f-moll F-Altblockflöte, B.c.: Sarabanda Adagio1:4624Sonata op. IV/11 f-moll F-Altblockflöte, B.c.: Allegro2:2425Sonata op. III/7 Es-dur F-Altblockflöte, B.c.: Largo1:3126Sonata op. III/7 Es-dur F-Altblockflöte, B.c.: Vivace2:0727Sonata op. III/7 Es-dur F-Altblockflöte, B.c.: Adagio0:5428Sonata op. III/7 Es-dur F-Altblockflöte, B.c.: Vivace1:4629Sonata op. I/1 a-moll G-Altblockflöte, B.c.: Adagio2:4330Sonata op. I/1 a-moll G-Altblockflöte, B.c.: Allegro2:0331Sonata op. I/1 a-moll G-Altblockflöte, B.c.: Adagio1:5732Sonata op. I/1 a-moll G-Altblockflöte, B.c.: Giga Allegro1:5933Sonata op. III/12 e-moll Voiceflute, B.c.: Adagio2:1534Sonata op. III/12 e-moll Voiceflute, B.c.: Vivace2:2535Sonata op. III/12 e-moll Voiceflute, B.c.: Largo3:1536Sonata op. III/12 e-moll Voiceflute, B.c.: Allegro2:0737Sonata op. III/12 e-moll Voiceflute, B.c.: Gavotta Presto0:52
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Jean Baptiste Loeillet of Ghent head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 10 | 58.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 1 | 73.9th |
| Studio albums | 1 | 76th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 4 | 75.9th |
| Recording span (years) | -289 | 1.8th |
| Genres | 3 | 80.4th |
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