Marin Marais

Marin Marais

male, deceased (1728)
Marin Marais (31 May 1656, Paris - 15 August 1728, Paris) was a French composer and viol player. He studied composition with Jean-Baptiste Lully,...
Jordi Savall

Jordi Savall

male, 68 years old
Jordi Savall i Bernadet (born 1941, in Igualada, Spain) is a Spanish viol player, conductor, and composer. He has been one of the major figures in...
Claudio Monteverdi

Claudio Monteverdi

male, deceased (1643)
Claudio Monteverdi (May 15, 1567 (baptized) - November 29, 1643) was an Italian composer, gambist, and singer. His work marks the transition from...
Orlando Gibbons

Orlando Gibbons

male, deceased (1625)
Orlando Gibbons (baptised December 25 1583 - June 5 1625) was an English composer and organist of the late Tudor and early Jacobean periods. He was...

Tobias Hume

male, deceased (1645)
Tobias Hume (possibly 1569 - April 16, 1645) was an English composer, viol player and soldier. Little is known of his life. Some have suggested...
Christopher Simpson

Christopher Simpson

male, deceased (1669)
Christopher Simpson (c.1605-1669) was an English musician and composer, particularly associated with music for the viola da gamba.

John Ward

male, deceased (1638)
John Ward (1571-1638) was an English composer who was a contemporary of John Dowland. Born in Canterbury, John Ward was a chorister at Canterbury...
Vittorio Ghielmi

Vittorio Ghielmi

male
Vittorio Ghielmi is a viola da gamba player, born in 1968, in Milano, Italy. Vittorio has performed in the most important concert halls of Europe...
Jaap Ter Linden

Jaap Ter Linden

male
Jaap ter Linden is a Dutch cellist, viol player and conductor. He specialises in performance of baroque and classical music on authentic...
Carl Friedrich Abel

Carl Friedrich Abel

male, deceased (1787)
Carl Friedrich Abel was a German composer of the Classical era. He was a fine player on the viola da gamba, and composed important music for that...