Pierre-Francisque Caroubel (1556 – summer 1611 or 1615Kleines biographisches Lexikon der Violinisten - Google Books
Books.google.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-17.) was a French violinist and composer. He is known for his dance music, ''

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s''. Caroubel was born in Cremona. He lived in Paris from 1576 and later collaborated with

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at the court of the Duke of Brunswick at

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. He died in Paris.

Publications

Some of his music was published after his death in the anthology ''Secret des muses'' (Amsterdam, 1615). Some of the music arranged by Praetorius in '' Terpsichore Musarum'' (1612) was also by Caroubel.

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French Renaissance composers French male classical composers French male violinists 1611 deaths Year of birth unknown 1556 births 16th-century French violinists 17th-century French male musicians 17th-century French violinists Immigrants to France People from the Province of Île-de-France {{France-classical-musician-stub