Jean-Baptiste Loeillet of London (18 November 1680 – 19 July 1730), was aFlemishcomposer and musician of theBaroque period. He is called theLondon Loeillet to distinguish him from another famous composer, his cousinJean-Baptiste Loeillet of Ghent.

Jean-Baptiste Loeillet was born inGhent, then in theSpanish Netherlands. He had a younger brother,Jacques Loeillet, who was also a composer. He had a cousin, also named Jean-Baptiste Loeillet. The distinction between theLondon Loeillet and theGhent Loeillet was made to differentiate the cousins.

In 1705, after his studies in Ghent and Paris, he moved to London and became known as John. His works were published byJohn Walsh in London under the name ofJohn Loeillet. He published trio and solo sonatas, as well as two collections of harpsichord lessons.

Loeillet was able to play therecorder,flute,oboe, andharpsichord. He was successful as a 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 introducingArcangelo Corelli's12 Concerti Grossi to Londoners. According to theNew Penguin Dictionary of Music, he helped to popularise the transverse flute (a new instrument compared to the recorder) in England. He died in London.

Jean-Baptiste Loeillet primarily wrotesonatas in the Baroque style. His sonatas consisted of four to six movements, with one or three voices over abasso continuo. He used the flute, recorder, oboe, and violin as solo instruments throughout his three volumes of sonatas.

His12 Trio Sonatas was dedicated toJohn Manners, 3rd Duke of Rutland.

While in London, his last name was sometimes rendered as 'Lully' or 'Lullie'. His composition,Lessons for the Harpsichord or Spinet, was accidentally attributed toJean-Baptiste Lully, an Italian-born French composer.

• 6 Trio Sonatas, Op. 1 (1722)
• 12 Trio Sonatas, Op. 2 (1725)
• 12 Solos, Op.3 (1729)

• Lessons for the Harpsichord or Spinet (1712)
• 6 Suites of Lessons for the Harpsichord (1723)

1. ^Frans Brüggen, notes from Sonata in F Major, Hargail Music Press, (1963).

Loeillet. Sonatas & Triosonatas, La Caccia directed by Patrick Denecker, 2006, MF8007. Contains recordings of sonatas by Jean-Baptiste Loeillet de Gant, Jean-Baptiste Loeillet de Londres and Jacques Loeillet.

• Free scores by Jean-Baptiste Loeillet of London at theInternational Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)

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