Marin Marais | Timeline

Marin Marais, 1704

Marin Marais (31 May 1656, Paris – 15 August 1728, 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. He was hired as a musician in 1676 to the royal court of Versailles. He did quite well as court musician, and in 1679 was appointed ordinaire de la chambre du roy pour la viole, a title he kept until 1725. (Intro from Wikipedia)

May 31, 1656 - Paris - Marin Marais is born

January(?) 1(?), 1667 - Paris - Marais becomes a choirboy at the Church of Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, near the Louvre. At the same time he starts learning to play the viol

January(?) 1(?), 1672 - Paris - Marais starts taking Viol lessons with Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe

July(?), 1(?), 1672 - Paris - Perhaps feeling threatened by the talent of his new pupil, Sainte-Colombe stops teaching him

January(?), 1(?), 1673 - Paris - It is said that Marin Marais would hide under Sainte-Colombe's workroom, built over a garden, to try to learn the secrets of the old master on his instrument, but is soon discovered.

Young Marin Marais

January(?) 1(?), 1674(?) - Paris - Marais joins the orchestra of the "Académie Royale de Musique", the Opera of Paris =(START)

September 21, 1676 - Paris - Marin Marais marries Catherine d'Amicourt, a parisian

January(?) 1(?), 1679 - Versailles(?) - Marin Marais joins the King's Chamber as a viol player

January(?) 1(?), 1685 - Paris - Marais starts writing Viol pieces

August 20, 1686 - Paris - The "Premier livre de pièces à une et à deux violes" is published

March 1, 1689 - Paris - Marin Marais publishes his "Premier Livre" with associated basso continuo

January(?) 1(?), 1692 - Paris - Pièces en trio pour les flûtes, violons et dessus de viole avec la basse continue

March 8, 1696 - Académie Royale de Musique, Paris - Premiere of the Opera "Ariane et Bacchus"
October 24, 1697 - Salle du Palais-Royal, Paris - Performance of André Campra's ópera-ballet "L'Europe Galante", under Marin Marais

January(?) 1(?), 1701 - Paris - Deuxième livre de pièces de viole. Tombeau pour Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe, after his old master's death
November 7, 1702 - Théâtre du Palais-Royal, Paris - Performance of André Campra's ópera-ballet "Tancrède", under Marin Marais

January(?) 1(?), 1704 - Paris - Marais becomes the conductor of the "Académie Royale de Musique", the Opera of Paris

February 18, 1706 - Théâtre du Palais-Royal, Paris - Premiere of the Opera "Alcyone"

April 9, 1709 - Théâtre du Palais-Royal, Paris - Premiere of the Opera "Sémélé"

January(?) 1(?), 1711 - Paris - Troisième livre de pièces de viole

September 1, 1715 - Paris - After King Louis XIV's death, Marin Marais' musical activities are restricted

January(?) 1(?), 1717 - Paris - Quatrième livre de pièces de viole

January(?) 1(?), 1723 - Paris - La Gamme et autres morceaux de symphonie pour le violon, la viole et le clavecin, among them, "Sonnerie de Ste-Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris"

January(?) 1(?), 1725 - Paris - Cinquième livre de pièces de viole

August 4, 1727 - Paris? - Marais' eldest daughter dies

August 15, 1727 - Paris - Marin Marais dies, aged 72 =(END)