De Tremais

De Tremais , first name unknown (before 1728 - after 1751 ) was a French composer and violinist .

Life

Nothing is known about De Tremai's life. Since his first name is also unknown, the prints of his works only bear the composer's mark “par M [onsieur] de Tremais” . The first collection appeared in 1736; his name was last mentioned in 1751 in a catalog by the publisher Leclerc. Since Giuseppe Tartini's influences can be seen in his compositions , it is assumed that he was a student of his. Some of the lost print publications of his compositions are mentioned in the publishing catalogs of Charles-Nicolas Leclerc, published from 1739 to 1768. In several of his sonatas De Tremais made use of the scordatura (retuning of the violin).

Works

• 12 sonatas for violin or flute and basso continuo op.1 (Paris 1736)
• 6 sonatas for 2 violins op.2 (Paris ca.1737)
• 6 sonatas for violin and basso continuo (No. 3 also for harpsichord) op.4 (Paris approx. 1740)

Lost Works:

• Concerto for violin and orchestra (ca.1740)
• Suites for two violins and basso continuo op.6 (ca.1740)
• Sonatas for violin and basso continuo op.7 (ca.1740)
• Sonatas for 2 violins op.8 (ca.1740)
• Sonatas for violin and basso continuo op.10 (ca.1740)

literature

• Jeffrey Cooper: Article Tremais, de in: The New Grove. Dictionary of Music and Musicians , edited by Stanley Sadie . London (Macmillan Publishers Limited) 1980; Volume 19, p. 129 f.
• Arthur Pougin : Le violon, les violonistes et la musique de violon du XVIe au XVIIIe siècle (Édition Fischbacher, Paris, 1924)

Web links

• Sheet music and audio files by de Tremais in the International Music Score Library Project