 The Méthodes were adopted by the early Paris Conservatory as a course of study, containing "detailed principles for the study of the bassoon, exercises in all keys with bass accompaniment, twelve sonatas of progressive difficulty, thirty scale variations and forty-two caprices.It also includes instructions on caring for the instrument, and methods of making the reeds.” 

Born in Nîmes, Ozi received his early musical experience from a military ensemble, but settled in Paris in 1777, where he studied with G. W. Ritter.His 1779 debut at the Concert Spirituel won the effusive praise of the Parisian press.