Jean Madeleine Marie Schneitzhöeffer (13 October 1785 – 14 October 1852) was a French composer.
Born in Toulouse, Schneitzhöeffer was a student of Charles Simon Catel at the Conservatoire de Paris. He won second prize for piano in 1803 and then joined the Opéra as a timpanist in 1815, where (seven years later) he was made chef de chant. Made a professor of choral singing at the Conservatoire, he was granted the Legion of Honour in 1840. He died in Paris.
He composed several ballet scores for the Opéra de Paris, including :
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