Sonnerie de Sainte-Geneviève du Mont de Paris

Sonnerie de Sainte-Geneviève du Mont de Paris, "The Bells of St. Genevieve" in English, is a work by Marin Marais written in 1723 for viol, violin and harpsichord with basso continuo.

[1] It is perhaps Marais' most famous composition that explores the various techniques of the viol, an instrument he studied as a student of Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe.

Throughout the piece, the violin and viol take turns with the melody.

The viol part is of great difficulty because of Marais's mastery of that instrument.

An electronic version on a Fairlight synthesizer was used in the soundtrack of the 1982 film "Liquid Sky".