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Jean-Baptiste Loeillet of London (18 November 1680 � 19 July 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. In London,
his last name was sometimes rendered as 'Lully' or 'Lullie': he was unrelated to
the Jean-Baptiste Lully, the Italian-born French composer. His works were published
by John Walsh in London under the name of John Loeillet.

He was successful as a player and teacher of the harpsichord. He played woodwind in


the Queen's Theatre in the Haymarket[1] and held musical gatherings every week at
his home. His performances were well received in London; and he was responsible for
introducing Arcangelo Corelli's 12 concerti grossi to Londoners. According to the
New Penguin Dictionary of Music, he helped to popularise the transverse flute (a
new instrument compared to the recorder) in England. He died in London.

Leopold Godowsky's piano suite Renaissance features an arrangement of one of the


Loeillet's Gigues.

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