Jean Schneitzhoeffer
Jean Madeleine Marie Schneitzhöeffer was a French composer.
Life
Born in Toulouse, Schneitzhöeffer was a student of Charles Simon Catel at the Conservatoire de Paris. He won second prize for piano in 1803 and then joined the Opéra as a timpanist in 1815, where he was made chef de chant. Made a professor of choral singing at the Conservatoire, he was granted the Legion of Honour in 1840. He died in Paris.Works
He composed several ballet scores for the Opéra de Paris, including :Mars et VénusLe SicilienProserpine Le Séducteur au village Zémire et Azor Les Filets de Vulcain La Sylphide, for Marie Taglioni- ''La Tempête''