Charles Dollé ( fl. 1735 – 1755) was a French

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player and

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. Very little is known about his life. He was active in Paris and was a sought-after teacher of viol. His music, all of which involves the viol in some way, was influenced by

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(whose death the composer commemorated in a ''

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'') and

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style, which is most prominent in Dollé's late works (although they retain the characteristically French ornamentation). Dollé's music survives in five printed collections (all published in Paris): *''Sonates en trio pour les violons, flûtes-traversières et violes avec la basse continue'', op. 1 (1737) *''Pièces de viole'' (for bass viol and

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), op. 2 (1737) *''Pièces pour le

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'' (for 1/2 pardessus de viole and basso continuo), op. 3 (1737) *''Sonates, duos & pièces'' (for 1/2 pardessus de viole/violin/violone/flute and basso continuo, op. 4 (1737) *''Sonates à deux pardessus de viole sans basse'', op. 6 (1754) Another print, ''Livres troisième, pour le pardessus de viole, tant à cinq qu'à six cordes'' (op. 5, c. 1749-1750), is lost. The extant music includes character pieces (twenty-five in op. 3, five in op. 4).

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