Marin Marais (31 May 1656, Paris – 15 August 1728, Paris) was a pupil of Je… Read Full Bio ↴Marin Marais (31 May 1656, Paris – 15 August 1728, Paris) was a pupil of Jean-Baptiste Lully and of the viol player Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe. He was hired as a musician in 1676 to the royal court of Versailles. He did quite well as court musician, and in 1679 was appointed "ordinaire de la chambre du roy pour la viole", a title he kept until 1725.
He was a master of the viola da gamba, and the leading French composer of viol music. He wrote five books of Pièces de viole 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 operas, Alcyone (1706) being noted for its tempest scene.
As with Sainte-Colombe, little of Marin Marais' personal life was known after he reached adulthood. Marin Marais married a Parisian, Catherine Damicourt, on 21 September 1676. They had 19 children together.
Facsimiles of all five books of Marais' Pièces de viole are published by Éditions J.M. Fuzeau.
He was a master of the viola da gamba, and the leading French composer of viol music. He wrote five books of Pièces de viole 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 operas, Alcyone (1706) being noted for its tempest scene.
As with Sainte-Colombe, little of Marin Marais' personal life was known after he reached adulthood. Marin Marais married a Parisian, Catherine Damicourt, on 21 September 1676. They had 19 children together.
Facsimiles of all five books of Marais' Pièces de viole are published by Éditions J.M. Fuzeau.
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@Robbyfaverey
Divine music! Wonderful!
@jaypdx4u
Absolutely Divine... I listen to it whenever I need cheering up funny enough LOL
@soccerguy325
Bravo, Marais!
@deathskunk3
Thanks for uploading, i realy listen it alot.
@goldenstone7094
Amazing
@LeLutindEcouvesbwv1080
Yes, it is
@mateuszduch
It's indeed similar to Bach music. Many claims (e. g. Harnoncourt) that this piece was Bach's inspiration for opening choir of st. Matthew's Passion
@abueloraton
Mateusz Duch Really? Only a small section and with a different character. That Matthew section doesn’t sound to me as a copy by Bach.
@cowboykelly6590
Marais , his Red Book music was made cuz his dead wife would come to HIM and tell him which music the dead can Hear . True story.
She said sometimes things filter through to THEIR SIDE & sometimes things filter through to OUR SIDE.
AMAZING!!!
@LeLutindEcouvesbwv1080
You made a confusion between Marais and Ste Colombe.