Panseron, Auguste (Matthieu) (1795-1859)

French composer and singing-teacher. He studied at the Paris Conservatory and took the Prix de Rome in 1813. He made further studies in Italy under Mattei. As accompanist at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, he gained much experience in singing. He became a professor at the Paris Conservatory in 1826, where he wrote treatises on solfège and singing.

Works operas La Grille du parc (1820), Le Mariage difficile (1823), and L'École de Rome (1826); two masses for treble voices, motets, and canticles Mois de Marie; numerous songs.