Joseph-Nicolas Lefroid de Méreaux (22 June 1767 – 6 February 1838)[1] was a French composer born in Paris and composed works for piano and organ – among his piano works, also sonatas.
[2] Afterwards, he became professor at the L'école royale de chant of the Conservatoire de Paris, which grew attached to the many likings of King Louis XVI at the time.
[2] Since then, he was employed as organist and pianist at the protestant temple of the Oratoire du Louvre in Paris despite being a catholic.
Joseph-Nicolas married Marie Angélique-Félicité Blondel (1774-1840) on 17 August 1801 in Paris[3] and – only for the crowning of Napoleon Bonaparte – composed a cantata with orchestra three years later, which was performed in the temple of the very Paris oratory he worked at.
[1] Joseph-Nicolas left an unfinished manuscript of “Grand methods for piano” behind and taught many distinguished students.