Charles Fleury, Sieur de Blancrocher (c. 1605 – November 1652) was a French

France

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 lute

Lute

Lute can refer generally to any plucked string instrument with a neck and a deep round back, or more specifically to an instrument from the family of European lutes....

nist. Known principally under the name Blancrocher (Blanrocher, Blancheroche), he was one of the leading performers of his day, active in Paris

Paris

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. Whether he composed or not is unknown; a single dance movement survives, attributed to him, in the so-called Manuscrit Vaudry de Saizenay. His name became well-known in the late 20th century, for after his sudden death (he fell down a flight of stairs) as many as four major composers wrote tombeau

Tombeau

A tombeau is a musical composition commemorating the death of a notable individual. The term derives from the French word for "tomb" or "tombstone". The vast majority of tombeaux date from the 17th century and were composed for lute or other plucked string instruments...

x in his memory: lutenists Denis Gaultier

Denis Gaultier

Denis Gaultier was a French lutenist and composer. He was a cousin of Ennemond Gaultier.-Life:...

 and François Dufaut

François Dufault

François Dufault was a French lutenist and composer.Dufault was born in Bourges, France. As a student of Denis Gaultier, he enjoyed an excellent reputation as an instrumentalist, what is demonstrated in many contemporary sources where he was described as one of the greatest lutenist of his time...

, and harpsichord

Harpsichord

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ists Louis Couperin

Louis Couperin

Louis Couperin was a French Baroque composer and performer. He was born in Chaumes-en-Brie and moved to Paris in 1650–51 with the help of Jacques Champion de Chambonnières. Couperin worked as organist of the Church of St. Gervais in Paris and as musician at the court...

 and Johann Jakob Froberger

Johann Jakob Froberger

Johann Jakob Froberger was a German Baroque composer, keyboard virtuoso, and organist. He was among the most famous composers of the era and influenced practically every major composer in Europe by developing the genre of keyboard suite and contributing greatly to the exchange of musical...

. The latter witnessed Blancrocher's death, and the lutenist apparently died in Froberger's arms.

Tombeaux on Blancrocher's death

• Louis Couperin: Tombeau de Monsieur Blancrocher (in the Bauyn manuscript
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• François Dufaut: Tombeau de Monsieur Blancrocher
• Johann Jakob Froberger: FbWV 632 — Tombeau in C minor (Tombeau fait à Paris sur la mort de Monsieur Blancrocher)
• Denis Gaultier: Tombeau de Monsieur Blancrocher (also known as Andromède, an allemande in A major from La Rhetorique des dieux)