Jean-Henri Levasseur, called "the younger"[1] (29 May 1764 inBeaumont-sur-Oise – 1823 in Paris) was a Frenchcellist, composer and music educator.
Levasseur's father was a singing teacher at the Royal Opera of Paris, and from 1755 to 1757 aninspecteur général for a brief period. Jean-Henri Levasseur receivedcello lessons fromFrançois Cupis de Renoussard, who also worked at the opera, and then fromJean-Louis Duport. In 1789 he joined the Paris Opera Orchestra, where he then occupied the place of first cello until 1823. He was appointed professor of theConservatoire de Paris at the time of its formation and taught there for thirty-eight years. His main students wereJacques-Michel Hurel de Lamare,Charles Baudiot andLouis Norblin. Levasseur was also attached to the music of the Emperor Napoleon and then to KingLouis XVIII's chapel.
Levasseur was one of the main collaborators of the cello method conceived by Pierre Baillot and adopted for teaching at the Conservatoire de Paris.
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