![]() He taught the musette to Princess Victoire from about 1750, and became a popular teacher among the aristocracy, eventually attaining the title of maître de musette des Mesdames de France. Jean-Benjamin de la Borde called him "the most celebrated musette player France had ever had", though he mistakenly held the opinion that he was dead by 1780, two years before he met his end. Lawyers were still trying to settle his affairs in 1790. He resigned from Les Grands Hautbois in 1777, petitioned for bankruptcy in 1778 and died in Paris four years later. His ten houses were signed over to creditors in 1774, following which he separated from his wife. In his last years he experienced financial difficulties. When he was nearly 70, he married the younger daughter of a valet who had once worked for the Duc d'Orléans, and was still describing himself as musette player to the king. He retired from the opera in July 1748, though returned occasionally to play the musette there. ![]() After Jean Hotteterre's death in 1732, he took over his post in Les Grands Hautbois, the royal oboe band. He began playing the oboe and musette (a bagpipe-like instrument commonly used in French baroque music) in the Paris Opera orchestra in the 1720s. Louis Hotteterre was his great uncle and godfather, and may have given him instruction in music and turning instruments. Nicolas Chédeville was born in Serez, Normandy musicians Pierre Chédeville (1694–1725) and Esprit Philippe Chédeville (1696–1762) were his brothers. Nicolas Chédeville (20 February 1705 – 6 August 1782) was a French composer, musette player and musette maker. Nicolas Chédeville, painting by Aléxis Grimou. ![]()
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