Charles Hurel was a French Baroque composer, lutenist and theorbist active between 1665 and 1692.
[1][2] Charles Hurel was a musician and eminent professor from a prosperous family of Parisian luthiers[3] which included some of the main instrumental factors of Paris in the 17th century.
[4] He was listed as "ordinary officer of the Academy of Music" in 1684 and as a professor of theorbo in Paris.
[4] A document of 7 April 1676, which gives his signature and that of several other members of his family, describes him as a "lute player".
[4][5] Charles Hurel had a namesake, who died in 1648,[6] who was a master painter and sculptor, active among others in the realization of ceilings painted "à la française".