Hyacinthe Jadin

Hyacinthe Jadin (27 April 1776 – 27 September 1800) was a French composer who came from a musical family. His uncle Georges Jadin was a composer in Versailles and Paris, along with his father Jean Jadin, who had played bassoon for the French Royal Orchestra. He was one of five musical brothers, the best known of whom was Louis-Emmanuel Jadin.

Life and career

Jadin was born in Versailles. At the age of 9, Jadin's first composition, a Rondo for piano, was published in the Journal de Clavecin. By the age of thirteen, Jadin had premiered his first work with the Concert Spirituel.

Jadin took a job in 1792 as assistant rehearsal pianist (Rezizativbegleiter) at the Theatre Feydeau. In this year he composed the Marche du siège de Lille ("March of the Siege of Lille"), commemorating the successful resistance of the citizens of Lille when besieged by Austrian forces.

In 1794, Jadin published an overture for 13 wind instruments entitled Hymn to 21 January. The piece commemorated the one-year anniversary of the execution of Citizen Capet (the name given to Louis XVI during his trial for treason). In 1795, he began teaching a female piano class at the Paris Conservatoire.

From 1795 until his death Jadin suffered from tuberculosis. At the time of his death, he was impoverished.

Works

While chamber music formed a large part of Jadin's creative career, he is most well known for his progressive style of piano composition. Jadin's works anticipated the music of Franz Schubert; his piano sonatas in particular display a proto-Romanticism, which in parts both rejected and extended the heritage of his Classical predecessors.

Orchestra

Piano Concerto No. 1 (1796–97)
1. Allegro brillante
2. Adagio
3. Rondeau - Allegretto
Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor (1796), accompanied by 2 violins, viola, double bass, flutes, oboes, bassoons, and horns
1. Allegro moderato
2. Adagio
3. Rondo - Allegro
Piano Concerto No. 3 in A (1798), accompanied by 2 violins, viola, double bass, 2 flutes, 2 bassoons, and 2 horns
1. Allegro moderato
2. Rondo - Allegro

Concert band

Ouverture pour instruments à vent (c. 1795)

Wind band with chorus

Hymne du vingt-un janvier (1794), based on text by Charles Le Brun
Chanson pour la fête de l'agriculture (1796), based on text by Ange Etienne Xavier Poisson de Lachabeaussière
Hymne du dix germinal, based on text by Théodore Désorgues

Stage

Le testament mal-entendu (1793), comédie mêlée d'ariettes in 2 acts, libretto by François Guillaume Ducray-Duminil
Cange ou Le commissionnaire de Lazare (1794), fait historique in 1 act, libretto by André-Pépin Bellement

Piano

Rondo (1785)
Piano (or Harpsichord) Sonata No. 1 in D (1794), accompanied by violin
1. Allegro
2. Andantino un poco allegretto
3. Menuet: Allegro
4. Final: Presto
Piano (or Harpsichord) Sonata No. 2 in B-flat (1794), accompanied by violin
1. Allegro fieramente
2. Rondo: Allegretto non tropo
Piano (or Harpsichord) Sonata No. 3 in F minor (1794), accompanied by violin
1. Allegretto poco agitato
2. Adagio
3. Menuet: Allegro
4. Rondo: Allegro non tropo
Piano Sonatas, op. 3 nos. 1-3 (1795)
Piano Sonata in B-flat, op. 4 no. 1 (1795)
1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Finale: Presto
Piano Sonata in F-sharp minor, op. 4 no. 2 (1795)
1. Allegro motto
2. Menuet - Trio
3. Finale: Allegro
Piano Sonata in C-sharp minor, op. 4 no. 3 (1795)
1. Allegro moderato
2. Adagio
3. Rondeau: Allegretto
Piano Sonata in F minor, op. 5 no. 1 (1795)
1. Allegro moderato
2. Adagio
3. Final: Allegro
Piano Sonata in D, op. 5 no. 2 (1795)
1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Final: Presto
Piano Sonata in C minor, op. 5 no. 3 (1795)
1. Allegro maestoso
2. Andante
3. Allegro
Duo in F (1796), for four hands
1. Allegro brillante
2. Andante
3. Rondo: Allegro
Piano Sonata in C minor, op. 6 no. 1 (1800)
1. Allegro moderato
2. Andante sostenuto
3. Final: Allegro
Piano Sonata in A, op. 6 no. 2 (1800)
1. Andante
2. Rondeau: Allegretto
Piano Sonata in F, op. 6 no. 3 (1800)
1. Allegro moderato
2. Adagio
3. Allegro assai

Chamber

String Quartets for 2 violins, viola, and violoncello
- B-flat, op. 1 no. 1 (1795)^[1]
  1. Largo - Allegro non troppo
  2. Adagio
  3. Menuet - Trio
  4. Finale - Allegro
- A, op. 1 no. 2 (1795)
  1. Allegro
  2. Menuet - Trio
  3. Pastoral Andante
  4. Finale
- F minor, op. 1 no. 3 (1795)
  1. Allegro moderato
  2. Menuet
  3. Adagio
  4. Polonaise
- E-flat, op. 2 no. 1 (1796)
  1. Largo - allegro moderato
  2. Adagio
  3. Menuetto
  4. Allegro Finale
- B minor, op. 2 no. 2 (1796)
  1. Allegro
  2. Menuetto
  3. Adagio non troppo
  4. Allegro Finale
- C, op. 2 no. 3 (1796)
  1. Allegro
  2. Andante
  3. Menuetto
  4. Presto Finale
- C, op. 3 no. 1 (1797)
  1. Allegro moderato
  2. Adagio
  3. Menuette - Andante
  4. Presto Finale
- E, op. 3 no. 2 (1797)
  1. Allegro moderato
  2. Menuet
  3. Adagio
  4. Allegro
- A minor, op. 3 no. 3 (1797)
  1. Allegro moderato
  2. Adagio
  3. Menuet
  4. Finale
- G, op. 4 no. 1 (1798)^[2]
  1. Allegro moderato
  2. Rondo Allegro
- F, op. 4 no. 2 (1798)
  1. Allegro non troppo
  2. Minuetto Trio
  3. Adagio molto
  4. Allegro assai
- D, op. 4 no. 3 (1798)
  1. Largo - Allegro moderato
  2. Minuetto
  3. Andante
  4. Finale Allegro
String Trios books 1 & 2 for violin, viola, and violoncello.
- Opus 2, 1797 dedicated 'a son ami (Rodolphe?) Kreutzer' for 'Violon, Alto et Basse':
  - E flat major, op. 2 no. 1
    1. Allegro moderato
    2. Menuet
    3. Siciliane
    4. Finale: Allegro
  - G major, op. 2 no. 2
    1. Allegro
    2. Menuet
    3. Finale: Allegro
  - F major, op. 2 no. 3
    1. Allegro
    2. Menuet: Andante/ Trio: Allegro
    3. Adagio
    4. Rondeau: Allegro
IMSLP^[3] also lists a set of three string trios, Opus 1a^[4] -First Published 1790, dedicated to 'Son ami Montbeillard' for the combination of 2 violins & bass.

Vocal

Marche du siège de Lille (1792) for voice and piano (or harp)
Romance à la lune (1796) for voice and piano (or harp)
Le tombeau de Sophie (1796) for voice and harpsichord (or harp)

Notes

References

Anderle, Dr. Heinz. "The Life and Times of Hyacinthe Jadin". Richard Fuller (trans.). Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 12 April 2007.
Castinel, N. Aube d'une vie musicale sous la révolution: la vie et l'oeuvre de Hyacinthe Jadin 1776-1800. Lyon, 1991.
Richard Fuller, “Hyacinthe Jadin (1776-1800)”, Composers’ short biographies, https://web.archive.org/web/20070222061440/http://members.klosterneuburg.net/handerle/COMPOSER.HTM#JADIN

External links

Free scores by Hyacinthe Jadin at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)

[1] "3 String Quartets, Op.1 (Jadin, Hyacinthe) - IMSLP: Free Sheet Music PDF Download".

[2] "3 String Quartets, Op.4 (Jadin, Hyacinthe) - IMSLP: Free Sheet Music PDF Download".

[3] "Home". imslp.org.

[4] "3 String Trios, Op.1a (Jadin, Hyacinthe) - IMSLP: Free Sheet Music PDF Download".

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