Charles Matthews Daniel Lesur

JeanYves DanielLesur (1908 2002), known often simply as DanielLesur (November 19, 1908 July 2, 2002) was a French organist and composer. His mother, Alice Lesur, was an accomplished composer in her own right; some of her music was even published. DanielLesur was a student of Charles Tournemire. In 1935 he became a professor of counterpoint at the Schola Cantorum under its new director, Nestor Lejeune. The following year he cofounded the group La Jeune France along with composers Olivier Messiaen (with whom he would remain a lifelong friend), André Jolivet and Yves Baudrier, who were attempting to reestablish a more human and less abstract form of composition. La Jeune France developed from the avantgarde chamber music society La spirale, formed by Jolivet, Messiaen, and DanielLesur the previous year. That same year he, together with Jean Langlais and JeanJacques Grunenwald, gave the first performance of Olivier Messiaen s La Nativité du Seigneur. DanielLesur also served as director of the Opéra