His first opera was staged in Versailles in 1788. The following year he took the position of second keyboardist at the Théâtre de Monsieur. In 1792 he became a musician in the National Guard.
In 1802 he acted as a professor of music and in 1806 was director of the Théâtre Molière.
He was made Chevalier of the Légion d’honneur in 1824. Concert Band Mass Chamber music