Roland Pierre Marais (c. 1685,

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

– c. 1750, Paris) was a French

viol The viol (), viola da gamba (), or informally gamba, is any one of a family of bowed, fretted, and stringed instruments with hollow wooden bodies and pegboxes where the tension on the strings can be increased or decreased to adjust the pitc ...

player and composer. He was the son of the composer

Marin Marais Marin Marais (; 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-Colomb ...

(1656–1728). His compositions are written in a similar style to his father's.

Works

*1711: ''Nouvelle méthode de musique pour servir d'introduction aux amateurs modernes ( lost)) *''Règles d'accompagnement pour la basse de viole (The Hague) *1735: ''Premier Livre de Pièces de Viole'' *1738: ''Deuxième Livre''

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Previews of Marais' Suite in c minor
Musicians from Paris French male classical composers French Baroque composers French Baroque viol players 1680s births 1750s deaths 18th-century classical composers 18th-century French composers 18th-century French male musicians 17th-century male musicians {{France-composer-stub