In 1731 he went to Paris, and entered the Académie Royale de Musique (also known as the Opera), with an annual salary of 445 livres. He was accorded special privileges by King Louis XV at Fontainebleau, on 22 October 1733 for six years, to compose and publish several sonatas and other instrumental works. One of his most famous pupils was the Count of Guergorlay, Seigneur of Trousily. After his first book "Livre I - Sonates pour violoncelle et basse continue" was a success, in November 1733, he published a second edition of it in 1740. His second book, "Livre II", was published around 1735.