COMPOSER

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Claude Le Jeune has received more than 71,243 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Claude Le Jeune is the 782nd most popular composer (up from 820th in 2019), the 3,135th most popular biography from France (down from 3,105th in 2019) and the 111th most popular French Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Claude Le Jeune ranks 782 out of 1,451. Before him are George Onslow, Andrzej Panufnik, Johann Gottlieb Graun, Eduard Artemyev, Lee Konitz, and Wilhelm Kienzl. After him are Erkki Melartin, Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi, Moritz Hauptmann, Sigismondo d'India, Nicola Fago, and Wim Mertens.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1528, Claude Le Jeune ranks 17. Before him are Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga, Birbal, Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Andrey Kurbsky, Francisco Guerrero, and Juan de Garay. After him are Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Pedro da Fonseca, António Ferreira, Benito Arias Montano, Rémy Belleau, and Adam Lonicer. Among people deceased in 1600, Claude Le Jeune ranks 18. Before him are Ōtani Yoshitsugu, Jerzy Radziwiłł, Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Balthasar Russow, Margrave Andrew of Burgau, and Joris Hoefnagel. After him are Robert de Nola, Lourenço Marques, Edward Fortunatus, Richard Hooker, Tadeáš Hájek, and Basawan.

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In France

Among people born in France, Claude Le Jeune ranks 3,135 out of 6,770. Before him are Charles Henri Hector d'Estaing (1729), Bertrand of Orléans-Braganza (1941), Beatus Rhenanus (1485), Peter Chanel (1803), Itta of Metz (592), and Renaud (1952). After him are Jean Leray (1906), Salomon de Brosse (1571), Henri Lebasque (1865), Auguste Barbier (1805), Raymond Sommer (1906), and Prince Peter of Greece and Denmark (1908).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Claude Le Jeune ranks 111. Before him are Benjamin Godard (1849), Augusta Holmès (1847), Louise Bertin (1805), Maurice Emmanuel (1862), Claudin de Sermisy (1490), and George Onslow (1784). After him are Aimeric de Peguilhan (1200), Jean Guillou (1930), Jean-Henri d'Anglebert (1629), Michel Blavet (1700), Pierre Attaingnant (1494), and Robert Cambert (1628).

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