Le Clair, Jean-Marie
(1697–1764)> COMPOSER
Le Clair, Jean-Marie (1697, Lyon; 22 October 1764, Paris), composer, was the son of the Court musician Antoine Leclair. Jean-Marie was placed as a child in the care of the marchioness de la Mésangère, who was careful to give her ward a good education. He studied violin at first but then made his debut in the theatre as a dancer in Rouen. He went to Italy subsequently and became ballet master at Turin, where he studied under Somis. After two years he renounced the dance for music and returned to…