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Claude Le Jeune

1528 - 1600

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Claude Le Jeune (French pronunciation: [klod lə ʒœn]; 1528 to 1530 – buried 26 September 1600) was a Franco-Flemish composer of the late Renaissance. He was the primary representative of the musical movement known as musique mesurée, and a significant composer of the "Parisian" chanson, the predominant secular form in France in the latter half of the 16th century. His fame was widespread in Europe, and he ranks as one of the most influential composers of the time. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Claude Le Jeune is the 855th most popular composer (down from 782nd in 2019), the 3,330th most popular biography from France (down from 3,136th in 2019) and the 122nd most popular French Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Claude Le Jeune ranks 855 out of 1,451. Before him are Temistocle Solera, Alfred Bruneau, Mateo Flecha, Alexander Spendiaryan, Xavier Montsalvatge, and Henri Tomasi. After him are Johann Walter, Henri Rabaud, Louis Niedermeyer, Heinrich Bach, Alexei Lvov, and Karl Amadeus Hartmann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1528, Claude Le Jeune ranks 19. Before him are Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Andrey Kurbsky, Juan de Garay, Francisco Guerrero, Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and António Ferreira. After him are Pedro da Fonseca, Benito Arias Montano, Rémy Belleau, and Adam Lonicer. Among people deceased in 1600, Claude Le Jeune ranks 21. Before him are Edward Fortunatus, Lourenço Marques, Joris Hoefnagel, Balthasar Russow, Robert de Nola, and Bâkî. After him are Tadeáš Hájek, Richard Hooker, and Basawan.

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In France

Among people born in France, Claude Le Jeune ranks 3,330 out of 6,770. Before him are Matthias de l'Obel (1538), Camille Guérin (1872), Georges Hébert (1875), Josiane Balasko (1950), Henri Tomasi (1901), and Frédéric Mitterrand (1947). After him are Pierre Arditi (1944), Henri Rabaud (1873), Édouard Le Roy (1870), Gérard Jugnot (1951), Sheila (1945), and Éléonore de Roye (1535).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Claude Le Jeune ranks 122. Before him are Henri-Montan Berton (1767), Nicolas Gombert (1495), Edmond Audran (1840), Aimeric de Peguilhan (1200), Alfred Bruneau (1857), and Henri Tomasi (1901). After him are Henri Rabaud (1873), Loyset Compère (1440), Joseph Canteloube (1879), Jeanne Demessieux (1921), Robert Planquette (1848), and André Gedalge (1856).

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