In due course however he became a skilled cellist during a period when the cello was gaining popularity over the viol in France, and later came to completely replace it, as indeed had already happened in Italy some 40 years prior.
Porén, converteuse nun habilidoso violonchelista durante un período no que o cello gañaba popularidade sobre o viola da gamba en Francia, sendo máis tarde completamente substituída, como xa sucedera en Italia 40 anos antes.