Étienne Ozi (9 December 1754 – 5 October 1813) was a French bassoonist and composer.
[1][2] Ozi's Nouvelle Méthode de basson (1803) was regarded as one of the first complete instructional materials for the bassoon, which was at the time still seven-keyed, as compared to the far more complex modern instrument.
The Méthodes were adopted by the early Paris Conservatory as a course of study, containing "detailed principles for the study of the bassoon, exercises in all keys with bass accompaniment, twelve sonatas of progressive difficulty, thirty scale variations and forty-two caprices.
Born in Nîmes, Ozi received his early musical experience from a military ensemble, but settled in Paris in 1777, where he studied with Georg Wenzel Ritter.
His 1779 debut at the Concert Spirituel won the effusive praise of the Parisian press.