Charles Hurel Explained

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

Biography

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

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]

Works

• Tablature de luth et de théorbe (c. 1675^[8] or 1680^{[9] [10]})
• Theorbo pieces by Charles Hurel, together with lute and theorbo pieces by many other composers can be found in the (c. 1699) housed at the Bibliothèque municipale de Besançon.^{[11] [12] [13]}

Discography

• Christopher Wilke: Works for Theorbo - Centaur Records CRC 2875

See also

• Lute
• Theorbo

External links

• Prélude - Charles Hurel on YouTube
• Charles Hurel on Musicalics

Notes and References

1. http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.13585 David Ledbetter, Grove Music Online, mentioned by Oxford Index
2. http://data.bnf.fr/14763737/charles_hurel/ Charles Hurel
3. Lute Society of America Quarterly, Volume 43, The Society, 2008, (p. 38).
4. The Journal of the Lute Society, Volumes 35 à 39, Lute Society, 1997 (p. 189).
5. Claudia Knispel, Beiträge zur Geschichte der Lautenistinnen und Gitaristinnen der Renaissance und des Barock, Kassel University Press, 2014, .
6. https://www.siv.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr/siv/rechercheconsultation/consultation/ir/consultationIR.action;jsessionid=4A31A907D311D9699384C0F5E21E62C8?udId=c1p6u0upm63f-f8adwhio2y18&irId=FRAN_IR_041331 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, .
10. Albert James Diaz, Ann S. Davis, Guide to Reprints, Microcard Editions, 1996, (p. 443).
11. http://culture.besancon.fr/?id=recherche&action=search%26form_search_fulltext%3Dluth&label_complete_search=luth&type= Mémoire vive - Patrimoine numérisé de Besançon
12. http://bibliotheque.cmbv.fr/index.php?lvl=author_see&id=4708 Catalogue de la bibliothèque du Centre de musique baroque de Versailles
13. Fuentes barroco