Jean Baptiste Loeillet de Gant, the composer, used the suffix "de Gant" (of Ghent) to distinguish himself from his cousin, also named Jean Baptiste Loeillet.
Performer Biography
Daniel Rothert, the recorder player, has performed as an ensemble-player and soloist with the Cologne Chamber Orchestra since 1999, participating in recordings of J.S. Bach's complete orchestral works and Telemann concertos for Naxos.
Performer Biography
Ketil Haugsand, the harpsichordist, is a professor at the Cologne Musikhochschule and studied with Gustav Leonhardt at the Amsterdam Conservatory, where he was awarded the Prix d'Excellence.
Composition History
Loeillet de Gant's solo sonatas were very popular in the Baroque era, with all his Op. I-IV sonatas being reprinted by London publishers Walsh & Hare shortly after their initial Amsterdam publication.
Compositional Technique
In Loeillet de Gant's sonatas, the bass part is often more thematically important than in Corelli's works, frequently beginning with several bars of solo introduction.
Compositional Technique
Loeillet de Gant's sonatas are influenced by Arcangelo Corelli's Op. V violin sonatas and the sonata da chiesa and sonata da camera patterns, but also incorporate French decorations and rigorous counterpoint.
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