Pierre Baillot
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Pierre Marie François de Sales Baillot (October 1 1771–September 15 1842) was a French violinist and composer.
Baillot was born in Passy and studied the violin under Giovanni Battista Viotti. He taught violin at the Paris Conservatoire and together with Pierre Rode (also a pupil of Viotti) and Rodolphe Kreutzer wrote the conservatoire's official violin method (published in the early 1800s). Baillot was sole author of the instructional L'art du violon (1834). He was leader of the Paris Opéra, gave solo recitals and was a notable performer of chamber music. He died in Paris.