Jean-Jacques Grasset (c.1769 – 25 August 1839)data.bnf.ft. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
/ref> was a French classical violinist. He was born in Paris about 1769, and was a pupil of Isidore Bertheaume. After several years' obligatory service in the army, he soon became well-known on his return. On the death of

Pierre Gaviniès Pierre Gaviniès (11 May 1728 – 8 September 1800) was a French violinist, pedagogue and composer. Life Born in Bordeaux as the son of a luthier, Gaviniès was taken to Paris by his father in 1734. At age 13, he made his debut at the Concert Spi ...

in 1800 he was appointed professor of the violin at the

Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...

. Soon afterwards he succeeded

Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni Antonio Bartolomeo Bruni (28 January 1757 – 6 August 1821) was an Italian violinist, composer and conductor. Bruni was born and died in Cuneo, Italy. During most of his life he resided, played and composed in Paris. At the height of the ...

as ''chef d'orchestre'' at the

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, holding the post until 1829, when he retired from public life. He died in Paris in 1839. He published three Concertos for the Violin, five books of Violin-Duos, and a Sonata for Piano and Violin.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Grasset, Jean-Jacques 1769 births 1839 deaths Musicians from Paris 18th-century French male classical violinists 19th-century French male classical violinists Academic staff of the Conservatoire de Paris