Tags: Classical Music Composition.
Sonnerie de Ste-Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris The Bells of St. Genevieve in English is a work by Marin Marais written in 1723 for viol violin and harpsichord with basso continuo. It can be considered a passacaglia or a chaconne with a repeating D F E bass line. Being a student of Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe it is perhaps Marais’ most famous composition that explores the various techniques of the viol.