Jean-Baptiste Loeillet (Loeillet of London)

Jean-Baptiste Loeillet of London (November 18, 1680 – July 19, 1730), was a Flemish baroque composer as well as a performer on the recorder, flute, oboe, and harpsichord.

He is called the London Loeillet to distinguish him from another famous composer, his first cousin Jean Baptiste Loeillet of Ghent, and he was the elder brother of Jacques Loeillet, also a composer.

Loeillet was born at Ghent, then in the Spanish Netherlands. In 1705, after his studies in Ghent and Paris, he moved to London and became known as John. Read more on Last.fm