Lesueur, Jean-François
(1763–1837)> COMPOSER
Lesueur, or LeSueur, Jean-François (15 January 1763, Drucat-Plessiel; 6 October 1837, Paris), composer, started his elementary schooling in Abbéville and entered the cathedral choir of Amiens. When he reached age 14, he continued his education in Amiens until he moved to Séez at age 16 to become music master there in 1779. Only a few months after his arrival in Séez, he transferred to the Saints-Innocents church in Paris. When he was offered the post of music master at the cathedral of Dijon…