Marin Marais (1656 – 1728) was a French composer and viol player. He studied composition with Jean-Baptiste Lully, often conducting his operas, and with master of the bass viol Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe for six months. In 1676 he was hired as a musician to the royal court of Versailles and was moderately successful there, being appointed in 1679 as ordinaire de la chambre du roy pour la viole, a title he kept until 1725.
Marin Marais was a master of the viol, and the leading French composer of music for the instrument and he is also credited with being one of the earliest composers of program music.
Performers:
- Jordi Savall (Basse de viole)
- Pierre Hantaï (Clavecin)
- Philippe Pierlot (Basse de viole)
- Rolf Lislevand, Xavier Díaz-Latorre (Théorbes et guitares)
- Andrew Lawrence-King (Harpe "di tre ordine")
- Pedro Estevan (Percussion)
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