Jacques-Michel Hurel de Lamare (May 1, 1772 – March 27, 1823) was a noted French

France

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 cellist.

Hurel de Lamare was born in Paris

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. He studied cello with Jean-Louis Duport

Jean-Louis Duport

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, and in 1794 he became cellist at the Theatre Feydeau

Théâtre Feydeau

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 in Paris. From 1801 through 1809 he toured Germany

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 and Russia

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, and retired in 1815. Four of the cello concertos that were published under his name were actually the work of his friend Daniel Auber

Daniel Auber

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.