Pierre Saint-Sevin, dit ''l'Abbé l'ainé'' (1 May 1695 in Bordeaux – May 1768 in Paris) was a French cellist and composer. Along with his brother Philippe Saint-Sevin, he was a music-master of the parish church of

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in Aquitaine early in the eighteenth century. It is doubtful that he was actually an ordained priest, or merely in consequence of his office had to wear the ecclesiastical dress, but he received the name ''l'Abbé l'ainé'', or simply ''l'Abbé''. Later, he and his brother gave up their connection with the church and went to

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, where they obtained engagements at the Grand Opera. They were both excellent players, but Philippe seems to have been the more celebrated of the two. He is the uncle of the violinist Joseph-Barnabé Saint-Sevin, dit ''L'Abbé le Fils''.

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* 1695 births 1768 deaths Musicians from Bordeaux French Baroque composers French classical cellists French classical composers French male classical composers 18th-century classical composers 18th-century French composers 18th-century French male musicians {{France-composer-stub