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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

Compositions sorted on opus (if available)

à identifier

Pieces: double bass de viol • Pièces

incomplet

Alcyone • (1706) • Operas

L. 1a

Pieces - Livre 1 -: viol-b.c. • (1686) • Duos instruments différents

L. 1b

Pieces - Livre 1 -: 2 viols-b.c. • (1689) • Trios 2 instruments avec B.C.

L. 1c

Pieces (Nouvelles) - Livre 1 -: viol-b.c. • (1689) • Duos instruments différents

L. 2

Pieces - Livre 2 -: viol-b.c. • (1701) • Duos instruments différents

L. 3

Pieces - Livre 3 -: viol-b.c. • (1711) • Duos instruments différents

L. 4/ 1- 54

Pieces - Livre 4 -: viol-b.c. • (1717) • Duos instruments différents

L. 4/ 55- 87

Suite d'un Gout Etranger: viol-b.c. - 33 pièces • (1725) • Duos instruments différents

L. 4/ 88-110

Pieces - Livre 4 -: 3 viols-b.c. • (1725) • Musique de chambre cordes

L. 5

Pieces - Livre 5 -: viol-b.c. - 7 suites • (1725) • Duos instruments différents

perdu

Idylle Dramatique sur la Paix • (1686) • Hymnes - odes - sérénades - élégies : soli-chœur-orchestre

Sheet music for Marin Marais

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Marais - 3 Old French Dances Oboe/Piano (Pod) — Marin Marais

Oboe, Piano — Softcover Book —
For Oboe and Piano. Composed by Marin Marais (1656-1728). Woodwind, Repertoire, Solos. Marais - Three Old French Dances. Softcover Book. Chester Music #CH01614. Published by Chester Music (HU.CH01614).
Price: $15.00

Instrumental Works complete in 7 vols — Marin Marais

— critical edition —
Composed by Marin Marais (1656-1728). U. Critical edition. Broude Brothers #BT-MARAIS-CMPS. Published by Broude Brothers (PE.BT-MARAIS-CMPS).
Price: $975.00

Premiere Suite du 4e Livre de Marin Marais — Marin Marais

cello — —
Composed by Marin Marais (1656-1728). Published by Editions Robert Martin (RM.AZ1423).
Price: $17.00

Marin Marais: Fantaisie en Echo — Marin Marais

2 Viola da Gambas and Harpsichord — Score Only —
Composed by Marin Marais (1656-1728). Score Only. Heugel & Cie #ALHE32170. Published by Heugel & Cie (BT.ALHE32170).
Price: $10.00

Marin Marais: Suite in a minor — Marin Marais

Viola da Gamba Solo — Score Only —
Composed by Marin Marais (1656-1728). Score Only. Heugel & Cie #ALHE32530. Published by Heugel & Cie (BT.ALHE32530).
Price: $43.00

Marin Marais "Depiction of a Bladder Stone Operation" (Le Tableau de l‚ÄôOp√©ration de la Taille) for solo cello — Marin Marais

Cello — Solo Part — Classical Period,Baroque Period,Recital
Composed by Marin Marais (1656-1728). Arranged by Randy Calistri-Yeh. Classical Period, Baroque Period, Recital. Solo Part. 2 pages. Published by Custom Chamber Music (S0.338749).
Price: $4.00

Marais: Deuxieme Livre de Pieces de Viole — Marin Marais

— CD — Classical
Composed by Marin Marais (1656-1728). Classical. CD. Naxos #RIC408. Published by Naxos (NX.RIC408).
Price: $39.00

Marais 5 Old French Dances Vla/Vln/Cel — Marin Marais

Viola, Piano — Softcover Book —
Composed by Marin Marais (1656-1728). Strings, Repertoire, Solos. Softcover Book. Chester Music #CH56366. Published by Chester Music (HU.CH56366).
Price: $16.00

Marais Veilhan Suite In F Major Treble Recorder & Basso Continuo Bk — Marin Marais

Alto Recorder — Softcover —
Composed by Marin Marais (1656-1728). Leduc. Softcover. 26 pages. Alphonse Leduc #AL28854. Published by Alphonse Leduc (HL.48185349).
Price: $25.00

Marais Pieces En Trio (bloch) Flt/vln/bass Vlg Score & Parts — Marin Marais

Flute — Softcover —
Composed by Marin Marais (1656-1728). Leduc. Softcover. Alphonse Leduc #NT11810Y. Published by Alphonse Leduc (HL.48189430).
Price: $26.00

Find scores for Marin Marais at Sheet Music Plus.
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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