Charles Fleury
Charles Fleury (* around 1605 (place of birth unknown), † November 1652 in Paris ) was a French lutenist . In contemporary writings he is called Blancrocher .
Fleury was the son of a royal valet named Louis. His mother Mathurine de Vallois died in 1625. Apart from his appearances as a lutenist in Paris, there is hardly any reliable information about his life. He gained fame primarily through his sudden death as a result of falling from a staircase, where Johann Jakob Froberger was present and then composed a tombeau for harpsichord . Other composers who have set this event to music in a tombeau are the two lutenists Denis Gaultier and François Dufault as well as Louis Couperin, who is a friend of Froberger . The only composition ascribed to him is an allemande or gigue , which is contained in the manuscript Vaudry de Saizenay and is kept in the Besançon City Library .
literature
- Bruce K. Burchmore: Article Fleury, Charles in: Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians , Second Edition, Vol. 8, p. 942.
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| SURNAME | Fleury, Charles |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fleury, Charles, Sieur de Blancrocher |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French lutenist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1605 |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 1652 |
| Place of death | Paris |