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Jean Xavier Lefèvre (Composer)

Born: 6th March 1763, Lausanne, Switzerland

Died: 9th November 1829, Neuilly, France

Nationality: Swiss-French

Jean-Xavier Lefèvre was a Swiss-born French clarinettist and composer.

In 1778, 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 1790 was its deputy conductor. In 1814 he was made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor. He had many famous pupils at the Paris Conservatoire who included Janssen 1795/6, Péchignier 1797, Crusell 1803, Buteux 1814 to 1819, Crépin 1816 to 1821, Adolphe Hugot 1817 to 1822 and Pierre Hugot 1820 to 1824.

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