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Claude Lejeune

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Claude Le Jeune (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.

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His fame was widespread in Europe, and he ranks as one of the most influential composers of the time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Le_Jeune

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