Pierre-Francisque Caroubel

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Pierre-Francisque Caroubel (* 1556 in Cremona , † 1611 in Paris ) was an early Baroque French violinist and composer .

life and work

Pierre-Francisque Caroubel was of Italian origin and lived in Paris from 1576. He was naturalized by a royal letter in 1583. In the same year he married Catherine Lemaire. Caroubel had a job with King Heinrich III. and his brother François-Hercule de Valois, duc d'Alençon . He kept his post as Violon Ordinaire de la Chambre du Roi even after Henry IV ascended the throne . Around 1610 he went to Wolfenbüttel , where he worked with Michael Praetorius at the court of Friedrich Ulrich , Duke of Braunschweig, to whom he part of the repertoire of Vingt-quatre Violons du Roy gave. Together with Praetorius, they arranged more complex five-part harmonizations of 82 dances, some of which already existed, of which 78 were published in Praetorius' Terpsichore in 1612 . Several Airs de ballet by Caroubel are included as manuscripts . Soon after his return to Paris, Caroubel died there in the summer of 1611. His son Nicolas-Francisque Caroubel took over his position in the royal orchestra after his father's death.

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  1. ↑ Life data in the narrower sense according to information from the GND.
  2. ↑ a b c Wilibald Gurlitt: Pierre Francisque Caroubel (1959).
  3. ^ A b Frank Dobbins:  Caroubel, Pierre-Francisque. In: Grove Music Online (English; subscription required).

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personal data
SURNAME Caroubel, Pierre-Francisque
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Caroubel, Pierre Francisque
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French violinist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1556
PLACE OF BIRTH Cremona
DATE OF DEATH 1611
Place of death Paris