Jean xavier lefevre biography of william

Jean-Xavier Lefèvre (LausanneCressis, 6 March &#; Paris Neuilly, 9 November ) was a Swiss-born French clarinettist and composer.

In , at the age of 15, Lefèvre became a member of the French Guards band. When the National Guard was formed in the year of the Revolution he played in this and from was its deputy conductor. In he was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor.

Jean xavier lefevre biography of william

He had many famous pupils at the Paris Conservatoire who included Janssen /6, Péchignier , Crusell , Buteux to , Crépin to , Adolphe Hugot to and Pierre Hugot to He may also have taught Dacosta in and , but some authorities say Duvernoy did.

Very many of Lefèvre's pupils gained First Prizes. Up to the year a First Prize carried with it the award of a pair of French-made clarinets in B flat and C. From to the Prize was of music worth francs. During Lefèvre's term of office the contest piece had always to be the composition of the professor and Sainsbury mentions that in Lefèvre set his Conc