What is Jean-François Le Sueur?
{{Infobox person | name = Jean-François Le Sueur | image = Jean-Francois Lesueur.jpg | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1760|02|15|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Drucat]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1837|10|6|1760|02|15|df=yes}} | death_place = Paris | nationality = French | other_names = | occupation = composer | known_for = ''Ossian ou Les bardes'' }} '''Jean-François Le Sueur''' (or '''Lesueur''') (15 February 1760 — 6 October 1837) was a French [[composer]], best known for his [[oratorio]]s and [[opera]]s. == Life == Jean-François Le Sueur was born in a tiny [[village]] called Plessiel, near [[Abbeville]]. His great-uncle was the [[painter]] Eustache Le Sueur. He started his musical training by singing in the choir at the church of Abbeville, then at the cathedral of [[Amiens]]. Le Sueur became chorus master at the cathedral of [[Sées]]. He went to [[Paris]] to study [[harmony]]. His teacher was Abbé Nicolas Roze, chorus master at the church Saints-Innocents. Le Sueur got jobs at [[Dijon]] (1779), [[Le Mans]] (1782), [[Tours]] (1783) and then took over Roze’s job at the Saints-Innocents at Paris. In 1786 he was made music director at the famous church [[Notre-Dame de Paris]]. At Notre Dame he started to use [[orchestra]]s to play the music for some of the special [[service (religion)|services]]. The [[priest]]s did not like this. Le Sueur replied by writing a little book about music for big religious celebrations. It was a bad time in France financially and the church had to make savings, so Le Sueur could not have his orchestra any more, so he resigned from his job. Le Sueur spent some time in [[London]], 1788–92, then returned to Paris where the [[French Revolution|revolution]] was going on. Three of his operas were performed, and he became professor at the École de la Garde Nationale, and then at the [[Paris Conservatoire|Conservatoire]] which was very new at the time. There he taught basic [[music theory]]. He was unable to get any more