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Born in [[Gien]], [[Loiret]], Huré studied [[anthropology]], [[Musical composition|composition]], [[improvisation]] and [[medieval music]] at the École Saint-Maurille in [[Angers]] and served as organist at [[Angers Cathedral|the cathedral]] in the city. In 1895 he went to Paris, where he, [[Charles-Marie Widor]] and [[Charles Koechlin]] were advised to study at the Conservatory. Huré preferred to live an independent life.
From 1910 he taught at the [[École Normale Supérieure]], where [[Yves Nat]] and [[Manuel Rosenthal]] were among his students. In 1911 he helped found the Paris Mozart Society, he also was a member of the short-lived [[Association des Compositeurs Bretons]] during 1912–14. He worked as organist at the churches of [[Notre-Dame-des-Blancs-Manteaux]], [[St-Martin-des-Champs Priory|Saint-Martin-des-Champs]] and [[Saint-Séverin, Paris|Saint-Séverin]] between 1911 and 1914.<ref name="Smith"/> From 1924 he was appointed successor to Lucien Grandjany at [[Sacré-Cœur, Paris|Sacré-Cœur]] and from 1926 as the successor to [[Eugene Gigout]] at [[Saint-Augustin, Paris|Saint-Augustin]]. Between 1824 and 1826 he edited and published a monthly journal called ''L'Orgue et les Organistes''.<ref name="Smith"/> Huré died in Paris.
In addition to a number of organ works Huré composed a comic opera and a ballet, three symphonies and chamber works. In 2010 a CD with works by Huré was recorded, featuring a four-movement sonata for violin and piano and a piano quintet performed by the [[Quatuor Louvigny]] and pianist [[Marie-Josephe Jude]].
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