{{Short description|French composer and musician}} '''Jean Hotteterre''' (1677–1720) was a French composer and musician of the Hotteterre family.<ref name="Giannini">{{cite journal| last=Giannini | first=Tula | authorlink=Tula Giannini | title=Hotteterre family [Haulteterre, Hauterre, Hauteterre, Hoteterre, Hoterre, Obterre, etc.] | journal=Grove Music Online | publisher=Oxford University Press | date=2001 | doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.13401 }}</ref>
Hotteterre worked at the family workshop on the Rue de Harlay, Paris until his death at the court of Louis XIV. He and his brothers Jacques-Martin and Nicolas made many enhancements to the oboe, creating an "indoor" version similar to the shawm.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.oboes.com/oboehistory.html | title=History of the Oboe | website=www.oboes.com | publisher=Covey & Ramsay | accessdate=19 October 2020 }}</ref>
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