Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe (the younger)

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Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe le fils (ie the younger ) (* approx. 1660; † after 1713) was a French viol player and composer of the Baroque , about whose person very little is known, but who left traces in Great Britain between 1707 and 1713 . From his curriculum vitae it is practically only certain that he worked as a viol teacher in Edinburgh around 1707 . In addition, its existence is mentioned by Rémond de Saint-Mard (1682–1757) in the work Réflexions sur l'opéra . He was therefore an illegitimate son of the famous, but also not known by name, Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe (the elder). The latest evidence of his biography mentions May 14, 1713, on this date a benefit concert took place in London in his presence. Some sources assume his date of death was around 1720.

Works

6 suites for viola da gamba solo are known, including a large-scale tombeau on the death of his father, which can be considered a sister work to the Marin Marais piece for the same occasion . The pieces are preserved in a manuscript in the library of Durham Cathedral (England), where apparently another member of the Sainte-Colombe family worked.

Editions

Tombeau for le sieur de Sainte-Colombe (le père): for bass viol and keyboard / le Sieur de Sainte-Colombe (le fils); edited by Margaret Sampson. Dove House Editions; Hannacroix, NY: Loux Music, C2001, LCCN  2002-537335 .

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  • Catherine Cessac : Monsieur de Sainte Colombe le Fils . Booklet accompanying the CD Mr. de Sainte Colombe le Fils. Pièces de Viole , with Jordi Savall . Alia Vox, 2003. EAN 7 619986 098272

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personal data
SURNAME Sainte-Colombe, Monsieur de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe le fils
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French gambist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH around 1660
DATE OF DEATH after 1713