Hyacinthe Jadin

Biography

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.

Orchestra

Piano Concerto No. 1 (1796–97)
Allegro brillante
Adagio
Rondeau - Allegretto
Piano Concerto No. 2 in D minor (1796), accompanied by 2 violins, viola, double bass, flutes, oboes, bassoons, and horns
Allegro moderato
Adagio
Rondo - Allegro
Piano Concerto No. 3 in A (1798), accompanied by 2 violins, viola, double bass, 2 flutes, 2 bassoons, and 2 horns
Allegro moderato
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
Allegro
Andantino un poco allegretto
Menuet: Allegro
Final: Presto
Piano (or Harpsichord) Sonata No. 2 in B-flat (1794), accompanied by violin
Allegro fieramente
Rondo: Allegretto non tropo
Piano (or Harpsichord) Sonata No. 3 in F minor (1794), accompanied by violin
Allegretto poco agitato
Adagio
Menuet: Allegro
Rondo: Allegro non tropo
Piano Sonatas, op. 3 nos. 1-3 (1795)
Piano Sonata in B-flat, op. 4 no. 1 (1795)
Allegro
Andante
Finale: Presto
Piano Sonata in F-sharp minor, op. 4 no. 2 (1795)
Allegro motto
Menuet - Trio
Finale: Allegro
Piano Sonata in C-sharp minor, op. 4 no. 3 (1795)
Allegro moderato
Adagio
Rondeau: Allegretto
Piano Sonata in F minor, op. 5 no. 1 (1795)
Allegro moderato
Adagio
Final: Allegro
Piano Sonata in D, op. 5 no. 2 (1795)
Allegro
Andante
Final: Presto
Piano Sonata in C minor, op. 5 no. 3 (1795)
Allegro maestoso
Andante
Allegro
Duo in F (1796), for four hands
Allegro brillante
Andante
Rondo: Allegro
Piano Sonata in C minor, op. 6 no. 1 (1800)
Allegro moderato
Andante sostenuto
Final: Allegro
Piano Sonata in A, op. 6 no. 2 (1800)
Andante
Rondeau: Allegretto
Piano Sonata in F, op. 6 no. 3 (1800)
Allegro moderato
Adagio
Allegro assai

Chamber

String Quartets for 2 violins, viola, and violoncello
B-flat, op. 1 no. 1 (1795)
Largo - Allegro non troppo
Adagio
Menuet - Trio
Finale - Allegro
A, op. 1 no. 2 (1795)
Allegro
Menuet - Trio
Pastoral Andante
Finale
F minor, op. 1 no. 3 (1795)
Allegro moderato
Menuet
Adagio
Polonaise
E-flat, op. 2 no. 1 (1796)
Largo - allegro moderato
Adagio
Menuetto
Allegro Finale
B minor, op. 2 no. 2 (1796)
Allegro
Menuetto
Adagio non troppo
Allegro Finale
C, op. 2 no. 3 (1796)
Allegro
Andante
Menuetto
Presto Finale
C, op. 3 no. 1 (1797)
Allegro moderato
Adagio
Menuette - Andante
Presto Finale
E, op. 3 no. 2 (1797)
Allegro moderato
Menuet
Adagio
Allegro
A minor, op. 3 no. 3 (1797)
Allegro moderato
Adagio
Menuet
Finale
G, op. 4 no. 1 (1798)
Allegro moderato
Rondo Allegro
F, op. 4 no. 2 (1798)
Allegro non troppo
Minuetto Trio
Adagio molto
Allegro assai
D, op. 4 no. 3 (1798)
Largo - Allegro moderato
Minuetto
Andante
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
Allegro moderato
Menuet
Siciliane
Finale: Allegro
G major, op. 2 no. 2
Allegro
Menuet
Finale: Allegro
F major, op. 2 no. 3
Allegro
Menuet: Andante/ Trio: Allegro
Adagio
Rondeau: Allegro
IMSLP also lists a set of three string trios, Opus 1a -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)