Charles Hurel was a French Baroque composer, lutenist and theorbist active between 1665 and 1692.[1][2]

Biography

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Charles Hurel was a musician and eminent professor from a prosperous family of Parisian luthiers[3] which included some of the main instrumental factors of Paris in the 17th century.[1]

He seems to have been the only member of his family who was also a composer.[4]

He was listed as "ordinary officer of the Academy of Music" in 1684 and as a professor of theorbo in Paris.[4]

A document of 7 April 1676, which gives his signature and that of several other members of his family, describes him as a "lute player".[1]

Among his pupils were Marie Du Port de la Balme and Mademoiselle de Lionne.[5]

He died in Paris c. 1692.[4][5]

Namesake

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Charles Hurel had a namesake, who died in 1648,[6] who was a master painter and sculptor, active among others in the realization of ceilings painted "à la française".[7]

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Discography

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c David Ledbetter, Grove Music Online, mentioned by Oxford Index
  2. ^ Charles Hurel, data.bnf.fr
  3. ^ Lute Society of America Quarterly, Volume 43, The Society, 2008, (p. 38).
  4. ^ a b c The Journal of the Lute Society, Volumes 35 à 39, Lute Society, 1997 (p. 189).
  5. ^ a b Claudia Knispel, Beiträge zur Geschichte der Lautenistinnen und Gitaristinnen der Renaissance und des Barock, Kassel University Press, 2014, p. 79.
  6. ^ Archives Nationales - Minutes et répertoires du notaire Olivier Gaultier
  7. ^ Alexandre Gady, Poutres et solives peintes. Le plafond « à la française », Revue de l'Art, Volume 122 , 1998, (p. 13).
  8. ^ Claudia Knispel, (opcit), (p. 183)
  9. ^ Guitar and Lute Handbook, Schott, 2003, p. 203.
  10. ^ Albert James Diaz, Ann S. Davis, Guide to Reprints, Microcard Editions, 1996, (p. 443).
  11. ^ Mémoire vive - Patrimoine numérisé de Besançon
  12. ^ Catalogue de la bibliothèque du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles
  13. ^ (in Spanish) Fuentes barroco
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