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Celebrated violinists, past and present; ("The Strad" library), 1897
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1XXVII.—JEAN MARIE LECLAIR.
3THIS master was born on 23rd November, 1687, at Lyons, where his father, a musician, was director of the ballet in which, to some extent, he educated his son, ultimately becoming court ballet master at Turin. Nevertheless (and it seems almost to go without saying) his natural aptitude for violin playing was developed in an unquestionable degree, so that it aroused the attention and interest of Somis in Turin, with the obvious result that Leclair became the latter's pupil and abandoned his adopted career of a dancer in the ballet.
5In 1729 Leclair went to Paris where Chéron, a "cembalist" at the opera, taught him the elements of musical theory. His efforts to obtain recognition as a violinist were unfortunately unsuccessful owing to the aversion of the musicians of Paris from all Italian influence in matters artistic. Leclair could thus obtain
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