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