Charles Hurel

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

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

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

He died in Paris c. 1692. who was a master painter and sculptor, active among others in the realization of ceilings painted "à la française".

Works Tablature de luth et de théorbe (c. 1675 or 1680 ) 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.

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