Marin marais la folia jordi savall biography
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Jordi Savall
Spanish-Catalan musician, conductor and composer (born 1941)
In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Savall and the second or maternal family name is Bernadet; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".
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Savall in 2014, when he received the Gold Medal of the Generalitat de Catalunya | |
| Birth name | Jordi Savall i Bernadet |
| Born | (1941-08-01) 1 August 1941 (age 83) Igualada, Barcelona, Spain |
| Genres | Classical, western early music |
| Occupation(s) | Conductor, gambist, composer |
| Instrument(s) | Viola da gamba, viola da braccio |
| Labels | EMI Classics, Astrée, Alia Vox |
| Spouse(s) | Montserrat Figueras (1968–2011) Maria Bartels (2017–present) |
| Website | www.alia-vox.com |
Musical artist
Jordi Savall i Bernadet (Catalan:[ˈʒɔɾðisəˈβaʎiβəɾnəˈðɛt]; born 1 August 1941) is a Spanish conductor, composer and viol player. He has been one of the major figures in the field of Western early music si
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Some time during the 1670's, while still studying with Sainte Colombe, Marais met another of his students, the Scottish nobleman Harie Maule. To Maule he presented 150 manuscript pieces. Maute took these pages home with him when he returned to Edinburgh. Records indicate their presence in Scotland before 1685, or in other words before Marais' first book (Premier Livre) was published. The 150 pieces are anything but simple sketches. About two-thirds of them appeared later in Marais'first three Books, published successively in 1686, 1701, and 1711. Somehow however, about forty-five of them, as well as an original utgåva of the celebrated Folies d'Espagne never came to light.
- Broadcasted May 14, 2008 by the Dutch radio AVRO 'Middagconcert'
- Duration: 18'49"
- Recording date: October 15, 2006 in Versailles, France during a live concert Sweden
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Marin Marais
French composer and viol player (1656–1728)
Marin Marais (French:[maʁɛ̃maʁɛ]; 31 May 1656, in Paris – 15 August 1728, in Paris) was a French composer and viol player. He studied composition with Jean-Baptiste Lully, often conducting his operas, and with 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.
He was the father of the composer Roland Marais (c. 1685 – c. 1750).
Career
[edit]Marin Marais was a master of the viol, and the leading French composer of music for the instrument. He wrote five books of Pièces de viole (1686–1725) for the instrument, generally suites with basso continuo. These were quite popular in the court, and for these he was remembered in later years as he who "founded and firmly established the empire of the viol