le sueur now had no job and so he was very poor. then, in 1804, napoleon made him maître de la chapelle at the tuileries in the place of giovanni paisiello. he was then able to have his most famous work performed at the opéra. it was called "ossian ou les bardes". napoleon liked it very much and gave le sueur the cross of the légion d'honneur. le sueur composed the "triumphal march" for the coronation of napoleon. in 1813, he was given a position at the académie des beaux-arts, replacing andré grétry.