Nicolas Hotman (also ''Autheman'', ''Haultemant'', ''Hautman'', ''Otteman''; ca. 1610–1663) was a Baroque composer, who spent most of his career in

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. He is believed to have been from Germany, but was probably born in

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. He came with his family to

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around 1626, where he died in April of the year 1663. He was known to be an expert player of the lute,

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, and the

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, as well as the composer of a few surviving musical compositions. Hotman is sometimes referred to as the teacher of violist Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe.

Works

*''Suite de Monsieur Otteman'' *''Airs à boire à 3 parties'' (Paris, 1664)

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* French male classical composers German classical composers German male classical composers Belgian male classical composers French Baroque composers French lutenists French Baroque viol players 1610s births 1663 deaths 17th-century classical composers 17th-century male musicians {{Belgium-composer-stub