Hyacinthe Jadin [1776-1800]

[Guest]

In Through the Night 16/7/'12:

Hyacinthe Jadin [1776-1800]

String trio in F opus 2/1 (1797)

Very interesting piece: Did she know Beethoven’s opus 9 set?

Even more astonishing:
it was composed before Beethoven’s quartet in c opus 18/4, but has got a similar outlay: four mvts, a standard sonata-form opening, 2nd mvt scherzo, 3rd mvt a slowish menuetto, 4 mvt a finale playing with tempo changes and harmonic twists on par with Haydn and Beethoven, at one place IMO even outwitting both of them.

I do think her early death robbed the world of a potentially great composer.

It is still on iPlayer.

[mercia]

wikipedia thinks she was a he

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyacinthe_Jadin

teased something rotten a l'ecole I expect

[Roehre]

wikipedia thinks she was a he

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyacinthe_Jadin

teased something rotten a l'ecole I expect

s/he still nevertheless was an interesting composer

[Pianorak]

His piano sonatas are remarkable forerunners of those by Weber and Schubert.

harmonia mundi: Sonates pour pianoforte

Sonate op. 4, (nos. 1-3) and
Sonate op. 6, no. 3

Jean-Claude Pennetier - pianoforte Schott (1830)

[vinteuil]

... if I remember my Greek myths, Hyacinth, so beloved of Apollo and Zephyrus, was very much a boy*...

I think we have been distracted by the august Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced "hiccough")

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyacinth_(mythology)


EDIT +


... and let us not forget those Martyrs, Saints Protus and Hyacinthus (feast day 11 September), died probably 257 AD.

Butler in his Lives of the Saints waxes lyrical -

"What words can we find sufficiently to extol the heroic virtue and invincible fortitude of these martyrs! They stood out against the fury of those tyrants whose arms had subdued the most distant nations; to whose yoke almost the whole known world was subject, and whose power both kings and people revered. They, standing alone, without any preparation of war, appeared undaunted in the presence of those proud conquerors, who seemed to think that the very earth ought to bend under their feet. Armed with virtue and divine grace, they were an over-match for all the powers of the world and hell; they fought with wild beasts, fires, and swords; with intrepidity and wonderful cheerfulness they braved the most cruel torments, and by humility, patience, meekness, and constancy, baffled all enemies, and triumphed over men and devils. How glorious was the victory of such invincible virtue! Having before our eyes the examples of so many holy saints, are we yet so dastardly as to shrink under temptations, or to lose patience under the most ordinary trials?"

[amateur51]

Listen to 1st movement here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSchQGPgNic

[Dave2002]

There's at least one decent string quartet - http://open.spotify.com/track/1hibnLE0wlJkdO6tk4cpyU

[Roehre]

There's at least one decent string quartet - http://open.spotify.com/track/1hibnLE0wlJkdO6tk4cpyU

Many thanks Dave.