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Music
- 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)
Life
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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