1728
Marin Marais, French viol player and composer (born 1656)
Marin Marais, French viol player and composer (born 1656)
Marin Marais, French viol player and composer (born 1656)
Marin Marais
French composer and viol player (1656–1728)
- Died
- 1728
Marin Marais 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.