BAILLOT, PIERRE MARIE FRANCOIS DE SALES (1771-1842), French violinist, was born at Passy, Paris, on Oct.
I, 1771, and died there on Sept. 15, 1842. Baillot was the last of the great classical Paris school of violinists, and his Art du Violon (1834) is still a standard work. His tradition was further main tained by his share in the Methode du Violon issued by the Paris Conservatoire. Baillot studied first under an Italian named Poli dori and then under Sainte-Marie, and then in Rome under Pollani. From 18o2 onwards he became known as a violinist in all the principal music centres of Europe. He excelled in chamber music and in the rendering of the classics.