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Marin Marais was a French composer and viol player. He was a master of the basse de viol, and the leading French composer of music for the instrument.

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Marin Marais (31 May 1656, Paris – 15 August 1728, Paris) was a French composer and viol player. He was a master of the basse de viol, and the leading French composer of music for the instrument. He wrote five books of Pièces de viole (1686-1725) for the instrument, generally suites with basso continuo. These were quite popular in the court, and for these he was remembered in later years as he who "founded and firmly established the empire of the viol" (Hubert Le Blanc, 1740). His other works include a book of Pièces en trio (1692) and four operas (1693-1709), Alcyone (1706) being noted for its tempest scene.


Marin Marais by André Bouys, 1704.

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