Editing Pierre Baillot (section)

{{Short description|French violinist and composer (1771–1842)}}
{{Infobox person
| image              = Pierre Baillot.jpg
| caption            = Etching of Baillot, {{circa}} 1810, by [[Jean-Baptiste Singry]]
| birth_name         = Pierre Marie François de Sales Baillot
| birth_date         = 1 October 1771
| birth_place        = [[Passy]], [[Paris, France]]
| death_date         = 15 September 1842
| death_place        = Paris
| nationality        = France
| occupation         = Violinist {{br}}
Composer
| years_active       = 1791-1833
}}

'''Pierre Marie François de Sales Baillot''' ({{IPA|fr|pjɛʁ maʁi fʁɑ̃swa də sal bajo}}; 1 October 1771 – 15 September 1842) was a French [[violin]]ist and [[composer]] born in [[Passy]]. He studied the violin under [[Giovanni Battista Viotti]] and taught at the [[Conservatoire de Paris]] together with [[Pierre Rode]] (also a pupil of Viotti) and [[Rodolphe Kreutzer]], who wrote the Conservatoire's official violin method (published in the early 19th century). He was sole author of the instructional ''L'Art du violon'' (1834). Baillot's teachings had a profound influence on technical and musical development in an age in which virtuosity was openly encouraged. He was leader of the [[Académie Royale de Musique|Paris Opéra]], gave solo recitals and was a notable performer of [[chamber music]].