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Le Jeune, Claude
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Biography by Todd McComb.
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Classical Net Composers Le Jeune Jeune was one of the leading French composers of his day, and one of the most unusual figures in Renaissance music. He was born in Valenciennes, and soon became a major figure in Parisian intellectual circles. He was a confirmed...Biography and partial discography from Here Of A Sunday Morning the radio program.
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HOASM: Claude Le Jeune He was the main writer of chansons in musique mesure according to the poet Baf's theories, and was second only to Goudimel as a composer of vernacular psalm collections. A Partial Discography of Claude Le Jeune|IVI: The French Chanson...Biography showing his instrumental and vocal output and lauding his theoretical advances regarding the relationship of text and music from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.
http://www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa.../learning/grove.html?record=5294
Biography and list of sheet music and books.
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Clauden Music tells us further that Clauden [Claude le Jeune] was born in Valenciennes and died in Paris aged seventy-two. He was priest and musician of the Sainte Chapelle at Paris and of the royal private chapel. He is important and...Detailed biography and musical study with discography by Todd McComb for Goldberg Early Music Portal.
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Jeune was one of the leading French composers of his day, and one of the most unusual figures in Renaissance music. He was born in Valenciennes, and soon became a major figure in Parisian intellectual circles. He was a confirmed...