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Suite in D major for three viols
Marin Marais · 1656–1728 · French
For 3 violas da gamba
Also known as Première suite à trois violes
Level 4 · Early advanced — about ABRSM 7 · RCM 8, for the viola-da-gamba 1 part
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- Ensemble
- Viol consort
- Hardest part
- Viola-da-gamba 1
- Form
- Full work
- Length
- About 24 min
- Composed
- 1717
- Era
- Baroque
Notes
Nine pieces for three viols, or two viols and continuo as Marais allows
Also in Pièces de viole, Livre 4 (1717)
A step before · level 3
The Little Consort, Suite No. 4 in B-flat major
Matthew Locke
3 violas da gamba (or violin or cello), continuo ad lib.
7 min
3balanced
The Little Consort, Suite No. 6 in F major
Matthew Locke
3 violas da gamba (or violin, viola or cello), continuo ad lib.
6 min
3balanced
A step after · level 5
Fancy and Air Divisions in A minor for two trebles, bass and organ, VdGS 2
John Jenkins
3 violas da gamba, organ
9 min
5balanced
Fancy and Air Divisions in C major for two trebles, bass and organ, VdGS 4
John Jenkins
3 violas da gamba, organ
9 min
5balanced
Fancy and Air Divisions in E minor for two trebles, bass and organ, VdGS 6
John Jenkins
3 violas da gamba, organ
10 min
5balanced
More chamber music by Marin Marais
Suite en trio No. 1 in C major
2 violins (or flute, recorder or viola da gamba), continuo
25 min
3balanced
Suite en trio No. 2 in G minor
2 violins (or flute, recorder or viola da gamba), continuo
30 min
3balanced