By Andy Fein, Luthier at Fein Violins,
and Ivana Truong
Who killed composer, violinist, and dance master Jean-Marie Leclair? His ex-wife? The gardener? The Duke of Gramont? His son-in-law? His younger brother? The hard part about figuring out who killed Leclair is that he was disliked by so many people that the list of possible suspects with some kind of motivation was pretty long. When he died in 1764, it seems not too many people were sorry to see him go.
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and Ivana Truong
Who killed composer, violinist, and dance master Jean-Marie Leclair? His ex-wife? The gardener? The Duke of Gramont? His son-in-law? His younger brother? The hard part about figuring out who killed Leclair is that he was disliked by so many people that the list of possible suspects with some kind of motivation was pretty long. When he died in 1764, it seems not too many people were sorry to see him go.
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| Jean-Marie Leclair, the elder |
A beautiful duet with Perlman and Zukerman, Leclair's "Sonata No. 5"