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Abbreviation

N Hotteterre

Surname

Hotteterre

Given Name

Nicolas [Colin] (ii) [le jeune, le cadet]

Dates

1653-1727

Provenance

Paris, France

Notes

Nicolas Hotteterre (ii) (b La Couture-Boussy, baptized 1653; d 1727, Paris) was a member of a French family of woodwind instrument makers, instrumentalists and composers. His three surviving instruments comprise an oboe and two recorders. He occupied the post of hautbois et violons du Roi from 1667 until his death.

Son of the eldest Nicolas Hotteterre (d. 1693). Brother of Louis Hotteterre.

Recorders by Nicolas Hotteterre