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Le Sieur de Machy

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Also known as Machy, Demachy

French Baroque viol player and composer

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Vinony files it under 17th-century French composers, 17th-century French educators and 17th-century French male musicians.

Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.

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baroquefrenchviolClassicalbass viol

Le Sieur de Machy (fl. second half of the 17th century) was a French viol player, composer, and teacher, remembered principally for his "Pièces de Violle en Musique et en Tablature" (1685), a valuable source of information on the performance practices of his time. He studied with Nicolas Hotman. At least from 1692 he lived in Paris. He described himself as the first composer whose viola da gamba works were published. This is not quite correct because by 1642 the collection "Fantaisies pour les

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human
Gender
male
Citizenship
France
Place of birth
Abbeville
Place of death
Paris
Languages spoken
French
Instrument
viol
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date of birth
1700-01-01
date of death
1800-01-01
name in native language
De Machy
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