Marin Marais
French composer and viol player (1656–1728)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1656
- Died
- 1728
- Works
- 21
Top works
- Alcide
- Marin Marais, 1656-1728
- Séméle
- Alcione
- La mort d'Alcide
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8 objects attributed to Marin Marais, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Marin Marais ( French: [maʁɛ̃ maʁɛ]; 31 May 1656, Paris – 15 August 1728, Paris) was a French composer and viol player of the middle Baroque era. He studied composition with Jean-Baptiste Lully, often conducting his operas, and with the 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 successful there, being appointed in 1679 as ordinaire de la chambre du roy pour la viole, a title he kept until 1725.
He was the father of the composer Roland Marais (c. 1685 – c. 1750).