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Louis Grabu
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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. While he was probably born in Catalonia – he was later referred to as 'Lodovicus Grabeu of Shalon in Catalunnia' – 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. 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. In 1693 he left England, the only land where he had achieved any fame, and completely disappeared from the historical record. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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Albion and Albanus: O Jealousy!
272Incidental Music for Rochester's Play "Valentinian": III. Prelude
63Concert of Venus from Albion and Albanius
64Incidental Music for Rochester's Play "Valentinian": I. Air pour les haubois
55Incidental Music for Rochester's Play "Valentinian": II. Air pour les flutes
56Incidental Music for Rochester's Play "Valentinian": IV. Air pour Jupiter
57Incidental Music for Rochester's Play "Valentinian": V. Air pour les suivans de Jupiter
58Incidental Music for Rochester's Play "Valentinian": VI. Air pour les songes affreux
59Incidental Music for Rochester's Play "Valentinian": VII. Air pour les satires
510Incidental Music for Rochester's Play "Valentinian": VIII. Menuet
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