Kristina AUGUSTIN

Original title: Marin Marais (1656-1728). De sapateiro a músico do rei

Published in Music in Middle Ages and Early Modernity

Keywords: Bass Viol, French Baroque Music, Historically Informed Performance, Viola da Gamba.

The main purpose of this article is to provide a short biography about Marin Marais in Portuguese. The information gathered is not unpublished and was based on articles and books available. The main contribution of this article was to find and verify the citation of primary sources that are often not mentioned or cited in the wrong way.