Jean Étienne Feytou (1742 in Saint-Martin-lès-Langres – 2 May 1816) was a French musicologist. Feytou became a priest at the death of his wife (1789) and devoted himself to music research. In this capacity, he contributed articles on music for the Encyclopédie méthodiqueL'encyclopédie méthodique (1782-1832): des lumières au positivisme by French publisher Charles Joseph Panckoucke.
He became the parish priest of Champigny-lès-Langres in 1815 where he died in 1816. He is buried in Champigny cemetery.
See also Municipal bulletin No 19 of the commune of Champigny-lès-Langres. Article by Lucien Gallion Boisselier "Au siècle des Lumières, un homme hors du commun, Jean-Étienne Feytou", Bulletin de la Société Historique et Archéologique de Langres, 4th trimestre 1983, TXVIII, No 273, (pp. 170-178).
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External links Music in the French Royal Academy of Sciences Jean Étienne Feytou on data.bnf.fr Jean Étienne Feytou on IdRef