Louis Grabu

Louis Grabu, Grabut, Grabue, or Grebus (fl. 1665 – 1690, died after 1693) was a Catalan born, French trained composer and violinist, who was mainly active in England.

Related Topics:
1665 - 1690 - 1693 - Catalan - Composer - Violin - England

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While he was probably born in Catalonia, details of his early life are lacking. Sometime in his youth he moved to Paris, where he was most likely trained by Lully. At the time of the Restoration he went to England, where French music, especially opera, was much in vogue.

Related Topics:
Lully - Opera

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Charles II of England appointed him as a composer for his own private music in 1665, and with the death of Nicholas Lanier in 1666 he became the second person to hold the title Master of the King's Musick. He adapted Robert Cambert's opera Ariadne for a London performance in 1674, and wrote music for John Dryden's Albion and Albanius in 1685.

Related Topics:
Charles II of England - Nicholas Lanier - Master of the King's Musick - Robert Cambert - Opera - London - John Dryden - Albion and Albanius

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In 1693 he left England, the only land where he had achieved any kind of fame, and completely disappeared from historical record.

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