Nicolas Séjan (17 March 1745 – 16 March 1819) was a French composer and

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, from a family allied to the

Forqueray Forqueray is the surname of a family of baroque French musicians and composers, and may refer to one of these articles below: * Antoine Forqueray (1672–1745), composer and virtuoso of the viola da gamba, father of Jean-Baptiste. * Jean-Baptiste ...

. Born in Paris, Séjan was one of the best organists of his time. He was co-titular of the organ of

Notre-Dame de Paris Notre-Dame de Paris ( ; meaning "Cathedral of Our Lady of Paris"), often referred to simply as Notre-Dame, is a Medieval architecture, medieval Catholic cathedral on the Île de la Cité (an island in the River Seine), in the 4th arrondissemen ...

and many other Parisian churches.Before 1789, at the request of Étienne-Nicolas Méhul, he gave organ lessons to the young organist Georges Scheyermann. — cf:

François-Joseph Fétis François-Joseph Fétis (; 25 March 1784 – 26 March 1871) was a Belgian musicologist, critic, teacher and composer. He was among the most influential music intellectuals in continental Europe. His enormous compilation of biographical data in the ...

, ''Biographie universelle des musiciens et bibliographie générale de la Musique'', Paris : Firmin Didot, 1867, 2nd éd., vol.7,

He was appointed to the

Chapelle Royale The ''chapelle royale'' (chapel royal) was the musical establishment attached to the royal chapel of the French kings. The term may also be applied to the chapel buildings, the Chapelle royale de Versailles. The establishment included a choir, or ...

in 1789. He lost his charges during the French Revolution, but later recovered some of them. He left a few works for the

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and the

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as well as the

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. Nicolas Séjan was Louis-Nicolas Séjan's father, his successor at the

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. He died in Paris on 16 March 1819 and was buried at

Montmartre Cemetery The Cemetery of Montmartre () is a cemetery in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France, that dates to the early 19th century. Officially known as the Cimetière du Nord, it is the third largest necropolis in Paris, after the Père Lachaise Cemet ...

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