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Browse piano sheets by Marin Marais on Zen Virtual Piano. Marin Marais played the viol and composed. Five books of Pièces de viole came from him, published from 1686 to 1725, and they are generally suites with basso continuo. The son of a shoemaker, Marais was admitted in 1667, at the age of ten, to the choir school of the royal church of Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, through the auspices of a well-placed uncle. At sixteen Marais became a pupil of the viol player Sainte Colombe. Evrard Titon du Tillet, a chronicler of the eighteenth century, says Marais needed just six months to surpass his teacher, Monsieur de Saint-Colombe, in virtuosity. In 1675 Marais got a job playing viol in the Opera orchestra, after his playing drew the notice of Lully, the Superintendant of the King's Music, who took him under his wing. Marais received instruction from Lully, and dedicated his first book of viol pieces (1686) to him. Saint-Colombe's teaching at sixteen and Lully's instruction may suggest that Marais learned from more than one teacher. Marais officially became viol player in the Royal Chamber on 1 August 1679. The Royal Chamber post of 1679 and the dedication of Marais's first book of viol pieces to Lully in 1686 may suggest that Marais's career included both an official post and published viol music. Some of the pieces demand technical skill and advanced standards of musicianship, while others were written with the less proficient performer in mind. Hubert Le Blanc, in 1740, recalled Marais as the one who “founded and firmly established the empire of the viol”. The Opera post of 1675 and Hubert Le Blanc's remark of 1740 may hint at a viol career noticed over many years. Marin Marais married a Parisian, Catherine d'Amicourt, on 21 September 1676, and they had nineteen children together. Marais was also a rigorous and demanding teacher for most of his life. Several of his children continued in his footsteps and also became professional viol players. The nineteen children and his work as a teacher may hint at a viol tradition within the Marais family.
Browse piano sheets by Marin Marais on Zen Virtual Piano.
Marin Marais played the viol and composed. Five books of Pièces de viole came from him, published from 1686 to 1725, and they are generally suites with basso continuo. The son of a shoemaker, Marais was admitted in 1667, at the age of ten, to the choir school of the royal church of Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, through the auspices of a well-placed uncle. At sixteen Marais became a pupil of the viol player Sainte Colombe.
Evrard Titon du Tillet, a chronicler of the eighteenth century, says Marais needed just six months to surpass his teacher, Monsieur de Saint-Colombe, in virtuosity. In 1675 Marais got a job playing viol in the Opera orchestra, after his playing drew the notice of Lully, the Superintendant of the King's Music, who took him under his wing. Marais received instruction from Lully, and dedicated his first book of viol pieces (1686) to him. Saint-Colombe's teaching at sixteen and Lully's instruction may suggest that Marais learned from more than one teacher.
Marais officially became viol player in the Royal Chamber on 1 August 1679. The Royal Chamber post of 1679 and the dedication of Marais's first book of viol pieces to Lully in 1686 may suggest that Marais's career included both an official post and published viol music.
Some of the pieces demand technical skill and advanced standards of musicianship, while others were written with the less proficient performer in mind. Hubert Le Blanc, in 1740, recalled Marais as the one who “founded and firmly established the empire of the viol”. The Opera post of 1675 and Hubert Le Blanc's remark of 1740 may hint at a viol career noticed over many years.
Marin Marais married a Parisian, Catherine d'Amicourt, on 21 September 1676, and they had nineteen children together. Marais was also a rigorous and demanding teacher for most of his life. Several of his children continued in his footsteps and also became professional viol players. The nineteen children and his work as a teacher may hint at a viol tradition within the Marais family.
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Marin Marais was a viol player and composer. He wrote five books of Pièces de viole between 1686 and 1725, generally suites with basso continuo.
Lully, the Superintendant of the King's Music, did. He noticed Marais's playing, took him under his wing, and in 1675 gave him a job in the Opera orchestra as a viol player.
Marais officially became viol player in the Royal Chamber on 1 August 1679.
Marais married Catherine d'Amicourt on 21 September 1676, and they had nineteen children together. Several of them became professional viol players.