Career
A student of Deshayes, he learned the violon and cello and had what was in essence a provincial career, mainly at Bordeaux, where he succeeded Jean Dauberval. He worked briefly at the Opéra de Paris, putting on The Barber of Seville (1806) and Les Fêtes de Vulcain (1820) there. Among his best known and most popular ballets are Les Meuniers (1787, admired by Arthur Saint-Léon), L"Amour et la Folie, Louisiana Chaste Suzanne, Louisiana Fille soldat and Almaviva et Rosine (1806).
He retired to Toulouse and declined an offer from that theatre that he become its ballet master.
Frédéric-Auguste also wrote Polichinelle vampire, interpreted by Charles-François Mazurier (1823) and Jocko ou le Singe du Brésil (1825). Jean-Baptiste"s younger son, Alexis-Scipion (1792-1852), was a ballet master at Lyon, Paris, Marseille, Bordeaux and Saint-St. Petersburg.
