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Jean-Baptiste Quentin, the young (born before 1690 – died ca. 1742) was a French violinist and composer of the Baroque era. Born in Paris, Jean-Baptiste Quentin, brother of Bertin Quentin, became a violinist at the Académie royale de musique in 1718. From 1738 he played the violin fifth (52.5 cm high viola) in the "Grand Chœur". His qualities as a violinist were mentioned several times in the Mercure de France, but also in Germany by Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg who described favorably the qualiti
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jean-Baptiste
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Paris
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- composer
- Languages spoken
- French
- Movement
- Baroque music
- Instrument
- violin
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- date of birth
- 1690-01-01
- date of death
- 1742-01-01
- name in native language
- Jean-Baptiste Quentin
- end of work period
- 1750-00-00
- start of work period
- 1718-00-00
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