Marin Marais (1656-1728)

Marin Marais was the central figure in the French school of the bass viol performer-composers that flourished in Paris during the late 17th and early 18th centuries. A pupil of Sainte-Colombe, he is said to have surpassed his celebrated master. Although most of his oeuvre was intended in the first instance for his own instrument, Marais took great pains to explain that he had endeavoured to make his music playable on other instruments, including "an oboe."

Jennifer Paull

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