Nicolas Hotman (also ''Autheman'', ''Haultemant'', ''Hautman'', ''Otteman''; ca. 1610–1663) was a

Baroque The Baroque ( , , ) is a Western Style (visual arts), style of Baroque architecture, architecture, Baroque music, music, Baroque dance, dance, Baroque painting, painting, Baroque sculpture, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from ...

composer, who spent most of his career in

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

. He is believed to have been from Germany, but was probably born in

Brussels Brussels, officially the Brussels-Capital Region, (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) is a Communities, regions and language areas of Belgium#Regions, region of Belgium comprising #Municipalit ...

. He came with his family to

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

around 1626, where he died in April of the year 1663. He was known to be an expert player of the

lute A lute ( or ) is any plucked string instrument with a neck (music), neck and a deep round back enclosing a hollow cavity, usually with a sound hole or opening in the body. It may be either fretted or unfretted. More specifically, the term "lu ...

theorbo The theorbo is a plucked string instrument of the lute family, with an extended neck that houses the second pegbox. Like a lute, a theorbo has a curved-back sound box with a flat top, typically with one or three sound holes decorated with rose ...

, and the

viola da gamba The viola da gamba (), or viol, or informally gamba, is a bowed and fretted string instrument that is played (i.e. "on the leg"). It is distinct from the later violin family, violin, or ; and it is any one of the earlier viol family of bow (m ...

, as well as the composer of a few surviving musical compositions. Hotman is sometimes referred to as the teacher of violist

Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe Jean (?) de Sainte-Colombe () was a French composer and violist. He was a celebrated master of the viola da gamba and was credited (by Jean Rousseau in his ''Traité de la viole'' (1687)) with adding the seventh string, tuned to the note AA (A1 i ...

Works

*''Suite de Monsieur Otteman'' *''Airs à boire à 3 parties'' (Paris, 1664)

References

External links

Brief information on Hotman
1610s births 1663 deaths Immigrants to France French male classical composers German Baroque composers German male classical composers Musicians from the Spanish Netherlands 17th-century classical composers 17th-century male musicians French Baroque composers French lutenists French Baroque viol players {{Composer-stub