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Place of Birth: Passy, ĂŽle-de-France, France
About Pierre Baillot
- Pierre Marie François de Sales Baillot (1 October 1771 – 15 September 1842) was a French violinist and composer born in Passy.
- He studied the violin under Giovanni Battista Viotti and taught at the Conservatoire de Paris together with Pierre Rode (also a pupil of Viotti) and Rodolphe Kreutzer, who wrote the conservatoire's official violin method (published in the early 19th century).
- He was sole author of the instructional L'art du violon (1834).
- Baillot's teachings had a profound influence on technical and musical development in an age in which virtuosity was openly encouraged.
- He was leader of the Paris Opéra, gave solo recitals and was a notable performer of chamber music.
- He died in Paris in 1842.
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