Senallié (or Senaillé), Jean Baptiste (1687–1730)

French violinist and composer. He was a member of the French king Louis XIV's string orchestra, known as the ‘24 Violons du Roi’. He spent some time in Italy, and was one of the first composers to combine the French and Italian styles in his violin sonatas.

He studied under his father, Jean Senallié, who was a member of the royal orchestra, and with his father's colleague there, Queversin. Later he studied with Tomaso Vitali at Modena, where he was appointed to the ducal court, and then with Giovanni Antonio Piani (1678–c. 1757). He returned to Paris in 1720 and received an appointment at court under the regent, the Duke of Orleans, later confirmed under Louis XV.

Works Works for violin about 50 sonatas for unaccompanied violin; violin sonatas with bass; pieces for violin and harpsichord.