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Radio 3,19 May 2019,14 mins

Louis-Gabriel Guillemain

The Early Music Show

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A profile of 18th-century French violinist and composer Louis-Gabriel Guillemain, who served King Louis XV, becoming one of the most highly-paid musicians at court. His private life was a troubled one, though - a heavy drinker and often in debt, it's thought that he took his own life at the age of 65.

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