Jean-Marie Leclair’s Contribution to the 18th-century French Violin School: Performance Practice in the Violin Sonatas op. 1, 2, 9 and 13 and Concerto op. 7 no. 3

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The French violin school gradually became the central violin school in Europe and played an important role in raising the profile of the violin as a solo instrument in the 18th century. As one of the most significant founders of this school, Jean-Marie Leclair combined the Italian and French styles and explored many innovative composition and performance possibilities in his music, pushing French violin music to a new stage. Due to a lack of resources and the difficult techniques in his violin music, current research on Leclair is not sufficient, and most of his pieces are not performed as often as other French composers such as François Couperin and Jean-Philippe Rameau. A few of his pieces, such as op. 9 no. 3, op. 3, no. 4, and no. 5 (sonatas for two violins), have been recorded and performed by baroque and modern violinists. Adrian Butterfield and Simon Standage have recorded Leclair’s violin piece a lot. However, some sonatas of Leclair are still not performed much by performers. Additionally, most current recordings ignore the potential for idiomatic baroque performances with much greater freedom, and more performance possibilities can be considered.

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Supervisors:	Hutchinson, Mark and Seymour, Peter
Keywords:	18th-century French violin music, Jean-Marie Leclair, violin technique, international style
Awarding institution:	University of York
Academic Units:	The University of York > School of Arts and Creative Technologies (York)
Depositing User:	Miss Jin Ma
Date Deposited:	09 Sep 2024 09:52
Last Modified:	09 Sep 2024 09:52
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID):	oai:etheses.whiterose.ac.uk:35484

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