What was even more confusing for contemporaries was the fact that in England
Jean-Baptiste Loeillet was often confused with Jean-Baptiste Lully
(1632-1687) because of the similarity of how the English pronounced both
names!...or at least I remember reading that somewhere, perhaps in the intro
of the Heugel edition.

cheers,
pc

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From: bgarfink [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 1:21 PM
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Subject: Re: Annals Of Philistia

According to the New Grove website, there was indeed a whole family, from
Ghent, and there were two members of it named Jean-Baptiste Loeillet who
were contemporaries and first cousings, one with dates of 1680-1630, and
another with dates of 1688-1720.  There was also a Pierre Loeillet, a
Jacques Loeillet, a Jean Etienne Loeillet, and a Pieter Loeillet.  It's
almost as bad as trying to keep track of all the composers ever named
Rossi.  Your Jean-Baptiste Loeillet with the earlier dates is not listed,
but I would imagine that he was the father of Jean-Baptiste Loeillet who
was born in 1680, who is described as the nephew of Pieter Loeillet, who
was the father of the Jean-Baptiste Loeillet whose dates are 1688-1720.

Is it just me or is this starting to sound like the "Bobby Watson" scene
from "The Bald Soprano"?  (That's the play by Eugene Ionesco, not a member
of the Soprano family)

Beth