DICTIONARY OF MUSIC - El Atril

JACQUARD JADIN 523
stitute the larger part of Jacotiii's "vvcn'ks, of
which only two are accessible in modern rejjrints,
one in H. Expert's reprint of the Attaingnant
dure m'est ta longue
collection of 1629, ' demeure, ' another
Trop
still more attractive, ' Mon
triste cceur, ' in Eitner's Selection of sixty
chansons, 1899. Jacotin is one of the company
of ' Joyeulx muaiciens ' mentioned by
Rabelais.
JACQUARD, Leon Jean,
.j. ];. m.
eminent violon-
cellist, born at Paris, Nov. 3, 1826 ; stuilied at
the Conservatoire, where he obtained the second
prize for violoncello in 1842, and the I'nst prize
in 1844. In 1876 he married Mile. Lauve Bedel,
-a pianist of distinction, and at the end of 1877
.succeeded Chevillard as professor of his instrument
at the Conservatoire. Jaoquard was eminently
a classical player, with a pure and noble
style, good intonation, and great correctness :
he was somewhat cold, but his taste was always
irreproachable, and his seances of chamber-music
were well attended by the best class of amateurs.
He composed some Fantasias for the violoncello,
but it is as a virtuoso and a pirofessor that he
will be remembered. He died in Paris, March
27, 1886. G. c.
JADASSOHN, Salomon, born at Breslau,
Sept. 3, 1831. His years of study were passed
partly at home under Hesse, Liistner, and Brosig,
partly at the Leipzig Conservatorium (1848),
partly at Weimar under Liszt, and again, in
1853, at Leipzig under Hauptmann. From
that time he resided in Leipzig, first as a teacher
then as the conductor of the Euterpe concerts,
and lastly in the Conservatorium as teacher of
Harmony, Counterp'oiiit, Composition, and the
Pianoforte. [In 1887 he received the honorary
degree of D.Phil, from the Leipzig University,
and in 1893 was appointed Royal Professor.]
His compositions are A-aried and numerous, reaching
to well over 100 opus numbers. [His
skill in counterpoint is shown in an orchestral
serenade in canon, op. 35 ; in two serenades for
piano, opp. 8 and 125 ; in the ballet-music, op. 58
for piano duet ; and in the vocal duets, opp. 9,
36, 38, and 43. Four sympihonies, orchestral
overtures, and serenades, two piano concertos,
four trios, three (juartets, three quintets, a sextet
for jiiano and strings, two string quartets, are
among his instrumental works ; and of his choral
works the following may be mentioned :
Psalms xliii. and c. (8-parts), 'Vergebung,'
' Verheissung,' 'Trostlied,' ' Johannistag,' and
'An dem Sturmwind. ' As
a private teacher
Jadassohn was highly esteemed, and his many
theoretical works have passed through many
editions, and have been translated into various
languages. The chief of these are his Ifarmonichhre
(1883), KontrapunU (1884), Kanon
Mnd Fuge (1884), Die F&rmen in den JFerJcen
der Tonkunst (1889), and Zehrlnt^h der InstrnineMtation.
All liave been translated into English
and published by Breitkopf &Hartel, thetreatises
on Harmony and Counterpoint have also been
translated into French and Italian. Jadassohn
died at Leipzig, Feb. 1, 1902.] G. ; additions
from Riemann's Lexikun.
JADIN, Loui.s Ejjmanuel, son, nephew,
and brother of musicians, born Sept. 21, 1768,
at Versailles, where his father Jean, a violinist
and comjioser, settled at the instigation of his
brother Georges, a performer on the bassoon
attached to the chapelle of Louis XV. As a
child Louis showed great talent for music ; his
father taught him the violin, and Hidlniandel
the piano. After being ' page de la
'
musique
to Louis XVI., he was in 1789 appointed second
accompanist, and in 1791 chief maestro al cembalo
at the Theatre de Monsieur, then in the
Rue Feydeau. This post gave him the opportunity
of producing ' Joconde ' (Sept. 14, 1790),
a comic opera in three acts. Jadin's industry
was extraordinary. Though fully engaged as
composer, conductor, and teacher, he lost no
opportunity of appearing before the public. He
composed marches and concerted pieces for the
Garde Nationale ; patriotic songs and pieces dc
circonstrmce such as ' Le Congres des Rois, ' in
conjunction with others, ' L'Apotheose du
jeune Barra,' ' Mahomet
Le Siege de Thionville ' (1793),
' Agricol Viola on le jeune heros de la Durance,'
for the various fetes of the Revolution ; and
thirty-eight operas for the Italiens, the Theatres
Moliere, and Louvois, the Varietes, the Academic,
and chieliy the Feydeau. Of this massof music,
however, nothing survives but the titles of
' 'Joconde' and
II.' (1803), familiar
to us from the operas of Isouard and Rossini.
This does not necessarily imply that Jadin was
without talent, but as with many others his
librettos were bad, and his music, though well
written, was wanting in dramatic spirit, and in
the style, life, passion, and originality necessary
for success. In fact his one i]uality was facility.
In 1800 he succeeded his brother as professor
of the i>ianoforte at the Conservatoire, and was
' Gouverneur des pages ' of the royal chapel from
the Restoration to the Revolution of 1830. He
received the Legion of Honour in 1824. To the
close of his life hecontinued to piroduce romances,
nocturnes, ti'ios, and quartets, string quintets,
and other chamber -music. Of his orchestral
works, ' La Bataille d'Austerlitz ' is the best
known. He was one of the first to compose for
two pianos, and was noted as the best accompanist
of his day. In private life he was a good
talker, and fond of a joke. He died in Paris,
April 11, 1853.
His brother Htacinthe, born at Versailles,
1769, a pupil of Hiillmandel's, and a brilliant
and charming pianist, played at the Concerts
Feydeau in 1796-97, and was a favourite with
the public up to his early death, Oct. 1800. On
tile foundation of the Conservatoire he was appointed
professor of the pianoforte, but had
barely time to form pupils, and both Louis Adam