Jean-Baptiste Janson was a pupil of
Martin Berteau. At age thirteen he played at the
Concert Spirituel of Paris and was musician of
Louis François, Prince of Conti. He traveled abroad and returned to Paris only after
Jean-Pierre Duport left for Berlin in 1773. "Surintendant de la musique de Monsieur" circa 1786, he became a bass teacher at the founding of the
Conservatoire de Paris on 3 August 1795. He retired in 1802. == Selected works ==