Louis Emmanuel Jadin
3 Fantasies for Horn and Piano
Louis Emmanuel Jadin was born in Versailles on 21 September 1768. His father, Jean B. Jadin, played the violin in the Versailles court chapel together with his brother Georges Jadin, who played the bassoon there. Louis Emmanuel received his first music lessons from his father and learnt to play the violin. After serving as a music page to Louis XVI, he was taught piano by his brother Hyacinthe.
In 1789 he became second, and in 1791 first, Clavecinist at the Théâtre de Monsieur. The following year he joined the Garde Nationale as a musician, composing numerous patriotic and commemorative works for it. In 1802 he succeeded his brother as professor of piano at the Conservatoire in Paris, combining this position from 1796 with that of orchestra leader at the Théâtre Molière.
During the Restoration, in 1814, he was appointed tutor to the boys of the Chapelle royale. He retired in 1830 and settled near Montfort-l'Amaury.
Jadin was one of the outstanding violinists of his time and, as a pianist, a sought-after chamber music partner. He died in Paris on 11 April 1853, leaving behind an extensive body of work comprising a large number of operas, masses, songs, instrumental concertos, chamber music for winds and strings, and piano music.
3 Fantasies for Horn and Piano
These fantasies were dedicated to Eugène Napoléon, actually Eugène de Beauharnais, stepson of Napoleon Bonaparte, who under his rule became Viceroy of Italy. They were first published in Paris by Duhan around 1810.
