LE JEUNE, CLAUDE

born c. 1527, Valenciennes, Burgundian Hainaut [now in France] died c. 1600, , Paris French composer known for his psalm settings and for his musique mesure, a style reflecting the long and short syllables of classical prosody. Le Jeune was choirmaster to Franois d'Anjou, brother of Henry III, and later was music master to Henry IV. He died a Huguenot. Le Jeune was associated with the poet Antoine de Baf who, following the theories of vers mesurs of Pierre Ronsard, sought to revive the poetry of classical antiquity. Compositions in musique mesure were settings of poetry in vers mesurs with long and short syllables matched by long- and short-note values. Le Jeune also composed a famous series of metrical psalm settings from the Genevan Psalter, published posthumously in 1606. His other works include madrigals, chansons, and motets.