Pierre Marie François de Sales Baillot 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 and Rodolphe Kreutzer, who wrote the Conservatoire's official violin method. 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.
Pierre Baillot, French violinist and composer (born 1771)
On September 15, in the year 1842, Pierre Baillot, French violinist and composer (born 1771). This event is recorded as a Notable Deaths event in the history of September 15, one of 447 recorded events on this date across all of history.
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