Jean Schneitzhoeffer

Jean Madeleine Marie Schneitzhöeffer (13 October 1785 – 14 October 1852) was a French composer.

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 (seven years later) 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 composed several ballet scores for the Opéra de Paris, including : This article about a French composer is a stub.