L’ANONYME PARISIEN

Charles Dollé is not an anonymous composer since we know his name and works signed by him. Nevertheless, he remained in anonymity during his own time and until today, where very few records are devoted to him. Published in 1737, the second opus devoted to the bass viola da gamba and composed by Charles Dollé, is a forgotten treasure. As melodic as Marin Marais’s, as virtuoso as Antoine Forqueray’s and as refined as François Couperin’s, Charles Dollé’s music was clearly influenced by his predecessors while being a significant and educational complement of known works composed by undisputed masters of the viola da gamba.