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Grove Music Online
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VALERIE WALDEN: 'Levasseur, Jean-Henri', Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Accessed 31 May 2004), http://www.grovemusic.com :
"Levasseur, Jean-Henri
(b Paris, 29 May 1764; d Paris, 1823). French cellist and teacher. He was referred to as le jeune to distinguish him from the cellist Pierre François Levasseur, who was no relation. His father taught singing at the Opéra, and was inspector general there for a short time. Levasseur studied with J.-B. Cupis, and, later, J.-L. Duport. His public début was at the Concert Spirituel on 8 December 1786, where he played a concerto by Duport. He became principal cello at the Opéra in 1789, and was later attached to the chapel of Napoleon and then Louis XVIII. He and J.-B.-A.J. Janson taught the première classe of cello at the Conservatoire when it was established in 1795, and Levasseur contributed to the Conservatoire’s Méthode de violoncelle et de basse d’accompagnement (1805/R); his pupils Nicolas Baudiot and Louis Norblin continued his teaching traditions when they in turn were appointed at the Conservatoire. He published sonatas, duets and studies for the cello. His son, known simply as Levasseur fils, was also a cellist."
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