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Jean-Xavier Lefèvre
Person · male · Switzerland · Lausanne · born 1763 · died 1829 · recording since 2007
Swiss-born French clarinettist (1763-1829)
Also known as ジャン＝グザヴィエ・ルフェーヴル
Timeline
5 events▣ Album 2◦ Birth 1† Death 1★ Debut release 1
1760s
1820s
2000s
· Debut release
Debut release: Clarinet Sonatas, Vol. 1 – A Revolutionary Tutor
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
2010s
Biography
English biography257 words · 3 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1353424592
Biography
Jean-Xavier Lefèvre (Lausanne Cressis, 6 March 1763 – Paris Neuilly, 9 November 1829) 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. He may also have taught Dacosta in 1797 and 1798, but some authorities say Duvernoy did. Very many of Lefèvre's pupils gained First Prizes. Up to the year 1817 a First Prize carried with it the award of a pair of French-made clarinets in B flat and C. From 1818 to 1892 the Prize was of music worth 100 francs. During Lefèvre's term of office the contest piece had always to be the composition of the professor and Sainsbury mentions that in 1799 Lefèvre set his Concerto no.5. Early Conservatoire records are unfortunately incomplete and the only year listed in these is 1824, Lefèvre's last year as professor, when he set Ms Concerto no.3. Compuso 12 sonatas.
Works for band
1795: Hymn for mixed choir and band
1796: Hymne à l'agriculture pour la fête de l'agriculture célébrée le 28 juin for mixed choir and band
Pedagogical works
1802: Méthode de clarinette
Soixante exercices pour clarinette
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 14 | 70.2th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 2 | 75.7th |
| Studio albums | 2 | 78.8th |
| Awards recorded | 1 | 89th |
| Timeline events | 5 | 78.8th |
| Recording span (years) | -178 | 3.7th |
| Genres | 4 | 84.7th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (2 release groups · 2 studio albums)
Albums · 2
Clarinet Sonatas, Vol. 1 – A Revolutionary Tutor
2007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:12:08
1Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in B-Flat Major (Arr. for Clarinet & Cello): I. Allegro moderato2:382Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in B-Flat Major (Arr. for Clarinet & Cello): II. Adagio3:193Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in B-Flat Major (Arr. for Clarinet & Cello): III. Rondo1:144Clarinet Sonata No. 3 in F Major (Arr. for Clarinet & Cello): I. Allegro moderato3:465Clarinet Sonata No. 3 in F Major (Arr. for Clarinet & Cello): II. Adagio2:576Clarinet Sonata No. 3 in F Major (Arr. for Clarinet & Cello): III. Allegro vivace2:087Clarinet Sonata No. 5 in C Minor (Arr. for Clarinet & Cello): I. Allegro ma non troppo4:168Clarinet Sonata No. 5 in C Minor (Arr. for Clarinet & Cello): II. Adagio2:389Clarinet Sonata No. 5 in C Minor (Arr. for Clarinet & Cello): III. Rondeau. Pastorale2:1210Clarinet Sonata No. 7 in G Minor (Arr. for Clarinet & Cello): I. Allegro ma non troppo5:3811Clarinet Sonata No. 7 in G Minor (Arr. for Clarinet & Cello): II. Adagio3:3412Clarinet Sonata No. 7 in G Minor (Arr. for Clarinet & Cello): III. Rondeau. Allegretto3:1713Clarinet Sonata No. 9 in F Major (Arr. for Clarinet & Cello): I. Allegro moderato4:3514Clarinet Sonata No. 9 in F Major (Arr. for Clarinet & Cello): II. Adagio7:3915Clarinet Sonata No. 9 in F Major (Arr. for Clarinet & Cello): III. Allegretto rondeau3:3116Clarinet Sonata No. 11 in D Minor (Arr. for Clarinet & Cello): I. Allegro con espressione5:3517Clarinet Sonata No. 11 in D Minor (Arr. for Clarinet & Cello): II. Adagio7:4918Clarinet Sonata No. 11 in D Minor (Arr. for Clarinet & Cello): III. Allegro poco vivace5:22Lefèvre: Clarinet Sonatas, Vol. 2 – A Revolutionary Tutor
2011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:14:37
1Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in A Minor (Arr. for C Clarinet & Cello): I. Allegro ma non troppo3:252Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in A Minor (Arr. for C Clarinet & Cello): II. Adagio3:303Clarinet Sonata No. 2 in A Minor (Arr. for C Clarinet & Cello): III. Allegro2:314Clarinet Sonata No. 4 in F Major (Arr. for C Clarinet & Cello): I. Allegro sostenuto4:215Clarinet Sonata No. 4 in F Major (Arr. for C Clarinet & Cello): II. Adagio3:586Clarinet Sonata No. 4 in F Major (Arr. for C Clarinet & Cello): III. Polonaise2:397Clarinet Sonata No. 6 in C Major (Arr. for C Clarinet & Cello): I. Allegro moderato3:148Clarinet Sonata No. 6 in C Major (Arr. for C Clarinet & Cello): II. Adagio3:429Clarinet Sonata No. 6 in C Major (Arr. for C Clarinet & Cello): III. Tempo di minuetto4:1810Clarinet Sonata No. 8 in F Major (Arr. for C Clarinet & Cello): I. Allegro3:3911Clarinet Sonata No. 8 in F Major (Arr. for C Clarinet & Cello): II. Adagio2:4212Clarinet Sonata No. 8 in F Major (Arr. for C Clarinet & Cello): III. Allegretto rondeau3:3713Clarinet Sonata No. 10 in B-Flat Major (Arr. for C Clarinet & Cello): I. Moderato4:5714Clarinet Sonata No. 10 in B-Flat Major (Arr. for C Clarinet & Cello): II. Adagio3:5015Clarinet Sonata No. 10 in B-Flat Major (Arr. for C Clarinet & Cello): III. Allegretto rondeau3:4216Clarinet Sonata No. 12 in F Major (Arr. for C Clarinet & Cello): I. Allegro5:1317Clarinet Sonata No. 12 in F Major (Arr. for C Clarinet & Cello): II. Adagio3:5418Clarinet Sonata No. 12 in F Major (Arr. for C Clarinet & Cello): III. Andante11:25
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Jean-Xavier Lefèvre head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 14 | 70.2th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 2 | 75.7th |
| Studio albums | 2 | 78.8th |
| Awards recorded | 1 | 89th |
| Timeline events | 5 | 78.8th |
| Recording span (years) | -178 | 3.7th |
| Genres | 4 | 84.7th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | Knight of the Legion of Honour | won |
Where this record comes from
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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jean-Xavier_Lef%C3%A8vre.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/522ab80d-2a67-4577-8988-c171953deda9discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/522ab80d-2a67-4577-8988-c171953deda9core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115971genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115971seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Xavier_Lef%C3%A8vrebiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Xavier_Lef%C3%A8vre
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Image: Antoine-Achille Bourgeois de La Richardière · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q115971 · MusicBrainz: 522ab80d-2a67-4577-8988-c171953deda9
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