Lesueur

(l£-su-4r), Jean Franco is, compr. b. Drueat-Ple iel, Feb. 15, 1760; d Paris, Oct. 6, 1837. Chorister at Amiens Cath.; at 14 became master of mus. at S£ez Cath., and then held sinnh- Tuition at Pans, Dijon, Tours, iir.-il’.v *7.S{» maltre de cliapelle at Notre t>ame, had some instruction from Roze and advice from Sacehini; at Notre Dame he gave elaborate performances of descriptive and dranratic mus.; defended himself in several pamphlets, 1788- 1792 spent in retirement; inspector of Cons. 1795-1820; prof. 1817; maltre de chapelle to Napoleon and Louis XVIII; composed 5 operas ( 08sian ou les bardes most famous), cantatas, ma es, etc.; teacher of “ Berlioz (of whose descriptive pron ” mus. his was forerunner), r Thomas, Elwart, 'uounod, and many others.