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Pieces a une et a deux Violes Composées par M. Marais ordinaire de la musique de La Chambre du Roy. Pezey inv. . Trouvain sculp. Livre 1. Viola da gamba part

1686Best.-Nr. 40526Paris: Chez l'Autheur Ruë du jour proche St. Eustache du costé de la ruë Montmartre. Et ean Huret faiseur d'Instruments pour la musique du Roy ruë des Arcis a l'Image St. Pierre 1686. Oblong folio. Full contemporary dark brown mottled calf. 4-5 "Avertissement" 6 "Extrait du Privilege du Roy" 7-119 pp. music. The fine engraved illustrated title incorporating a viol lute sheet music putti and drapery has been laid down to the verso of the upper board and an elaborate engraved illustration from another publication "Sonate o partite ad una o due viole da gamba con il basso continuo" D'Augusto Kühnel Cassel 1698 of two men playing viols accompanied by a woman at the harpsichord etc. laid down to the recto of the lower board. Binding considerably worn rubbed and bumped with loss to portions of leather; spine lacking; boards nearly detached. Light uniform browning somewhat heavier in spots; some internal wear soiling and small stains; 17 leaves defective with tears and abrasions resulting in loss to text to "Avertissement" and notation on pp. 21 44 45 59 63 75 91 and 95; tear to pp. 70/71 79 111 repaired with archival tape; p. 120 following blank and dedication leaf lacking; engraving to recto of lower board worn and browned trimmed lacking upper inner and lower outer corners. Lacking 7 leaves pp. 1-3 42/43 48/49 98-101 and 120. First Edition. Rare. Lesure p. 412. BUC p. 647. RISM M383 3 copies in the U.S. at Yale Eastman and the Library of Congress. Marais was a French composer and viol player. "He is one of the outstanding figures in French music of the Baroque period. . A viol virtuoso Marais was one of the first French instrumentalists to make his mark as a soloist. Gifted with a remarkable technique he developed it adding new complexities. His pleasing tone had a rare power thanks to an 'airy' style of playing which made full use of open strings and their harmonics. However his virtuosity always took second place to his musicality. His performances full of charm and 'fire' captivated his contemporaries who said that he played 'like an angel'. Composer and performer were closely linked for at this time soloists concentrated almost exclusively on playing their own works at concerts. Between 1686 and 1725 Marais published five books of pieces for viol and continuo and several suites for two and three viols - a total of 596 pieces grouped into 39 suites two of them for three viols." Jérôme de La Gorce and Sylvette Milliot in Grove Music Online Works of both the artist Antoine Pezey 16-16 and the engraver Antoine Trouvain 1656-1708 of the title page are held in major museum collections. The present work constitutes the first published music for viola da gamba by Marin Marais the greatest viol-player of the Baroque era. Chez l'Autheur Ruë du jour proche St. Eustache du costé de la ruë Montmartre. Et ean Huret faiseur d'Instruments pour la musi unknown