Léopold Charlier (November 8, 1867 – July 23, 1936) was a Belgian violinist and music teacher.
From 1900 to 1906, he led the choir in Malmedy and from 1910 until the end of his life headed the city symphony orchestra.
[1] Charlier is best known for his 1911 arrangement of the Chaconne in G minor by Tomaso Antonio Vitali.
Although Charlier based his version on a previous arrangement by Ferdinand David, he significantly enhanced the technical demands of the violin part.
He made changes in harmonizations of the piano part, while reordering the sequence of variations to become increasingly more complex as the piece progresses.