Jadin, Louis-Emmanuel

Jadin, Louis-Emmanuel (21 September 1768, Versailles; July 1853, Paris), composer, learned the violin from his father and the piano from his younger brother. He became second and then first harpsichordist for the theatre of Monsieur in 1791 and entered the ranks of the National Guard of Paris in 1792. He wrote a number of nationalistic airs and pieces for the patriotic celebrations of the Revolution and then became professor of music at the Conservatory under the Napoleonic regime of 1802…