Suite in G Major Charles Hurel Gregory Hamilton Theorbo

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Charles Hurel was a French Baroque composer, lutenist and theorbo player active between 1665 and 1692. Hurel was a musician and eminent tutor from a prosperous family of Parisian luthiers, which included some of the prominent instrument makers of Paris in the 17th century. He seems to have been the only member of his family who was also a composer. He was listed as "ordinary officer of the Academy of Music" in 1684 and as a professor of theorbo in Paris. 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". Among his pupils were Marie Du Port de la Balme and Mademoiselle de Lionne. He died in Paris c. 1692.
This Suite, for the Theorbo in the bright key of G Major, is taken from only a handful of remaining sources of his music, a manuscript in the Pierpont Morgan Library, New York.
Prélude
Allemande giguée
Courante
La Boulonnoise Sarabande
Menuet de poictou
The Allemande giguée is a fairly rare form of the Allemande, the Gigue as it were, melds with the Allemande and enlivens it rhythmically.
La Boulonnoise Sarabande could refer to the wealthy area of Paris, possibly where the luthiers’ shops were located. Menuet de poictou could refer to the former province of west central France, on the Atlantic.
Art by Jacques de Létin, or Jacques Ninet de Lestin, or Jacques de L'Estin (1597, Troyes - October, 1661, Troyes) was a French painter, primarily of sacred scenes. He was born to a middle-class family and would have been a contemporary of Charles Hurel. He trained with the painter and goldsmith, Edme Doué (?-1626), At the time, many young painters were attracted to the works of Carvaggio. This prompted him to travel to Rome, where he lived from 1622 to 1625. He returned to Troyes in 1626, set up a studio and got married shortly after. His workshop was very successful and the numerous commissions he received involved many long stays in Paris. In 1645, he settled permanently in Troyes. Many of his paintings were destroyed or disappeared during the French Revolution, the Franco-Prussian War and World War II, although some works have newly attributed to him; notably, personifications of Grammar and Geometry, acquired by the Musée des beaux-arts de Bordeaux in 2011.

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@loosemom51 4 ай бұрын

This music is new to me and is so very rich. I'm new to early music, so I've joined this group to learn. Now I'll be researching the theorbo! Thank you for presenting this composer.