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• 5 books of pieces for viol and basso cotinuo (including pieces for 2 and 3 viols) (published in 1686, 1701, 1711, 1717 and 1725)
• 2 collections of trios:
  • "Pieces en trios pour les flutes, violons et dessus de viole" (1692)
  • "La Gamme et les autres morceaux de symphonie pour le violon, la viole et le clavecin" (1723)
• 4 operas:
  • Alcide ou Le Triomphe d’Hercule (1693)
  • Ariane et Bacchus (1696)
  • Alcyone (1706)
  • Semele (1709)

He was a pupil of Lully and of the viol player Saint-Colombe. He becomes a musician at the Versailles court in 1676. In 1679 he is appointed "ordinaire de la chambre du roy pour la viole", a function he keeps until 1725. He was very highly regarded as a viol virtuoso and the numerous pieces he wrote for his instument were very much appriciated by the king and his court.

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