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Marin Marais

Marin Marais
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Birth
Wednesday, May 31, 1656
Paris
France
Groupes
France
Baroque composers
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Death
Sunday, August 15, 1728
Paris
France
Age: 
72

Composition list

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Opera and lyrical music

Alcide ou le Triomphe d'Hercule • (1693) • Operas
Alcyone • incomplet • (1706) • Operas
Ariane et Bacchus • (1696) • Operas
Semele • (1709) • Operas
Idylle Dramatique sur la Paix • perdu • (1686) • Hymnes - odes - sérénades - élégies : soli-chœur-orchestre

Chamber music

Pieces - Livre 4 -: 3 viols-b.c. • L. 4/ 88-110 • (1725) • Musique de chambre cordes
Gamme (La): cembalo-violin-viol • (1723) • Trios instruments identiques
Pieces en Trio: violin-flute-viol • (1692) • Trios instruments identiques
Pieces - Livre 1 -: 2 viols-b.c. • L. 1b • (1689) • Trios 2 instruments avec B.C.
Pieces (Nouvelles) - Livre 1 -: viol-b.c. • L. 1c • (1689) • Duos instruments différents
Pieces - Livre 1 -: viol-b.c. • L. 1a • (1686) • Duos instruments différents
Pieces - Livre 2 -: viol-b.c. • L. 2 • (1701) • Duos instruments différents
Pieces - Livre 3 -: viol-b.c. • L. 3 • (1711) • Duos instruments différents
Pieces - Livre 4 -: viol-b.c. • L. 4/ 1- 54 • (1717) • Duos instruments différents
Pieces - Livre 5 -: viol-b.c. - 7 suites • L. 5 • (1725) • Duos instruments différents
Suite d'un Gout Etranger: viol-b.c. - 33 pièces • L. 4/ 55- 87 • (1725) • Duos instruments différents

Sacred music

Instrumental music

Pieces: double bass de viol • à identifier • Pièces

Symphonic music

Sheet music for Marin Marais

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Five Old French Dances

Viola and Piano
For Viola and Piano. Composed by Marin Marais (1656-1728). Arranged by L.T. Rowe and M.E. Aldis. Music Sales America. Classical, French. Book Only. 30 pages. Chester Music #MUSCH56366. Published by Chester Music (HL.14020564).

Les Folies D'Espagne

Flute (unaccompanied) - Difficulty: medium
Composed by Marin Marais (1656-1728). Edited by Hans-Peter Schmitz. Stapled. Music for Flute. Baroque. Solo flute book. 8 pages. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA03311. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA03311).

Le Basque

Flute Solo with Chamber Ensemble accompaniment (3 Clarinets, Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, 2 Horns, String Bass and Tambourine) - Digital Download
Composed by Marin Marais (1656-1728). Arranged by David Lovrien. Solo music. Score and parts. Published by Cimarron Music Press (CX.CM384).

Masters in This Hall

SAB - Easy/Beginner - Digital Download
Composed by Marin Marais (1656-1728). Arranged by Sherry B. Bingham. Classical Period, Christian, Christmas. Score. 3 pages. Published by Sherry B. Bingham (S0.154131).

Suite in C major

2 treble recorders (flutes, oboes, violins) and basso continuo
For 2 Treble Recorders (Flutes, Oboes or Violins) and Basso Continuo. Composed by Marin Marais (1656-1728). Edited by Gottfried Bach and Nikolaus Delius. This edition: Paperback/Soft Cover. Sheet music. Originalmusik fur Blockflote (Recorder Library). Classical. 62 pages. Schott Music #OFB 139. Published by Schott Music (HL.49011240).

La Folia

Cello and piano - intermediate to advanced
(Maurice Gendron Transcriptions classiques et romantiques). Composed by Marin Marais (1656-1728). Arranged by Maurice Gendron. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Edition Schott. Classical. 16 pages. Schott Music #BSS 37779. Published by Schott Music (HL.49000946).

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Music: 
  • 5 books of pieces for viol and basso cotinuo (including pieces for 2 and 3 viols) (published in 1686, 1701, 1711, 1717 and 1725)
  • 2 collections of trios:
    • "Pieces en trios pour les flutes, violons et dessus de viole" (1692)
    • "La Gamme et les autres morceaux de symphonie pour le violon, la viole et le clavecin" (1723)
  • 4 operas:
    • Alcide ou Le Triomphe d’Hercule (1693)
    • Ariane et Bacchus (1696)
    • Alcyone (1706)
    • Semele (1709)
Biography: 

He was a pupil of Lully and of the viol player Saint-Colombe. He becomes a musician at the Versailles court in 1676. In 1679 he is appointed "ordinaire de la chambre du roy pour la viole", a function he keeps until 1725. He was very highly regarded as a viol virtuoso and the numerous pieces he wrote for his instument were very much appriciated by the king and his court.

Links: 
www.medieval.org/emfaq/misc/tlmdm.htm
Submitted by Jean-Paul Giraudet on 2005-12-08 09:00.
Last modified: 
2014-06-05 16:10

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