Nicolas Hotman

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Nicolas Hotmann, 1650

Nicolas Hotman (* before 1614; † in April 1663 ) was a French composer , lutenist and gambist of Belgian origin.

Life

Nicolas Hotman was probably born in Brussels and came from a family of violin makers from Antwerp and a family of iron founders from Dinant. After his father's death in 1620, he moved to Paris with his mother Jeanne de Saint-Hubert. Hotmann was presumably tutored by André Maugars . In 1629 he married Anne Paris, the daughter of a town clerk, who showed little interest in music, which is why he also turned to stock market and real estate transactions.

Nevertheless, Marin Mersenne mentioned him as one of the best gambists and theorbists of his time as early as 1636 . As a successor to Louis Couperin , he was appointed Ordinaire de la Musique de Chambre du Roi with Sébastien Le Camus in 1661 . He passed away just three years later.

Hotman founded the French viol school. He was probably the teacher of Monsieur Demachy and Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe and influenced important French viol virtuosos such as Marin Marais , Louis de Caix d'Hervelois and Antoine Forqueray . His compositions for the viola da gamba and the theorbo are technically difficult to play and, in relation to his level of fame, found little circulation. But they make it clear that Hotman must have been a virtuoso instrumentalist.

Works

  • The collection "Airs à boire à trois parties" was published a year after his death.
  • A suite named: "Suitte de Monsieur Otteman" Allemande, Courrante et son double, Sarabande et son double and a gigue.

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SURNAME Hotman, Nicolas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Otteman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French composer, lutenist and gambist
DATE OF BIRTH before 1614
DATE OF DEATH April 1663