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LE JEON (Le Jeune) Claude (c. 1530, Valenciennes - 25 IX 1600, Paris) - Franco-Flemish composer. He was in the service of the Duke of Anjou, then - parish. composer Henry IV. He was associated with the Academy of Poetry and Music of Baif and Courville, whose members sought to revive the aesthetic in their work. principles of ancient art. The largest of the Academy’s musicians, L. Zh. Wrote secular and spiritual woks. compositions whose music is subject to a verse created in the ancient meter. Along with K. Gudimel and K. Zhaneken - the largest master of polyphonic psalms, chanson. First Sat L. Zh. - “10 Psalms of David in the Form of Motets” (“10 pseaumes de David en forme de motets”, 1564). The author of the Mass for Joy (Missa ad placitum), motets, many polyphonic psalms, instrumental fantasies, arias, ital. Canzonett.The most famous are the Dodecachorde (Dodecachorde), containing 12 psalms of David (published in 1598), and Sat. “Spring” (“Le Printemps”, 1603), which includes 39 songs (reprinted by A. Expert in the book “Masters-musicians of the French Renaissance” - “Les Maitres musiciens de la Renaissance francaise”. XII-XIV, 1900-01).