Following in his father's "footsteps" as a member of the Twenty Four Violons du Roi, Senaille was appointed in 1713 taking a short break to travel to Italy and rejoining the "Violins of the King" in 1720. His major contribution to music, other than his violin playing, was his composition of approximately fifty violin sonatas. The sonatas in and of themselves are important because Senaille was the first to combine aspects of the French style with aspects of the Italian conventions. The sonatas contain the elegant melodies, violin virtuosity and enigmatic dance rhythms of the French and imitation and melodic thoroughbass of the Italian manner. ~ Keith Johnson