May 31 - Marin Marais (The Musical Birthday Series, 2nd Annual Cycle)

 Marin Marais (31 May 1656 – 15 August 1728) was a French composer and viol player.

 [For last year's celebration of Alfred Deller click here.]

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"His work The Bladder-Stone Operation... includes composer's annotations such as 'The patient is bound 'with silken cords' and 'He screameth.'" -- Wikipedia

Marin Marais, who played the viol,

Surely went the extra mile

By writing music on such matter

As operations on the bladder.

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