Jean-Baptiste Janson (9 March 1742 – 2 September 1803) was a French cellist and composer of the classical period.
Life
Jean-Baptiste Janson was a pupil of
Martin Berteau
Martin Berteau (2 February 1691 in Valenciennes – 23 January 1771 in Angers) was a French classical cellist, cello teacher, and composer. He is widely regarded as the founder of the French school of cello playing.
Life
Descriptions of Berte ...
. At age thirteen he played at the
Concert Spirituel
The Concert Spirituel ( en, Spiritual Concert) was one of the first public concert series in existence. The concerts began in Paris in 1725 and ended in 1790. Later, concerts or series of concerts of the same name occurred in Paris, Vienna, Londo ...
of Paris and was musician of
Louis François, Prince of Conti
Louis François de Bourbon, or Louis François I, Prince of Conti (13 August 1717 – 2 August 1776), was a French nobleman who became the Prince of Conti from 1727 to his death, succeeding his father, Louis Armand II, Prince of Conti, Louis Arman ...
. He traveled abroad and returned to Paris only after
Jean-Pierre Duport
Jean-Pierre Duport (27 November 1741 – 31 December 1818) was a cellist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Along with his brother, Jean-Louis Duport (also a cellist), he was active in the musical life of France and Germany. Jean-Pierre w ...
left for Berlin in 1773. "Surintendant de la musique de Monsieur" circa 1786, he became a bass teacher at the founding of the
Conservatoire de Paris
The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...
on 3 August 1795. He retired in 1802.
Selected works
* Six Sonates à violoncelle et basse Op. 1 (Paris, 1765)
* Six Sonates à violoncelle et basse Op. 2 (Paris, La Chevadière, 1768)
* Trois Concertos à violoncelle et basse (Op. 3)
* Six Sonates pour le violoncelle et la basse Op. 4 (1774)
* Six Trios pour 2 violons et violoncelle obligé Op. 5 (1777)
* Six Concertos pour le violoncelle à grand orchestre Op. 6 (1780)
* Six Quatuors concertans pour 2 violons, alto et violoncelle Op.7
* Trois Quatuors concertans pour 2 violons, alto et violoncelle Op.8 (1784)
* Trois Symphonies à grand orchestre (Paris, Leduc, 1785)
* Messe Solemnelle d'action de grâce (1789)
* Te Deum (1789)
* Six Nouveaux Concertos à grand orchestre pour le violoncelle Op.15 (1799).
Fétis : ''Biographie universelle des musiciens et bibliographie générale de la musique'' (1866)
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Bibliography
* Sylvette Milliot: ''Le violoncelle en France au XVIIIe siècle.'' Édition Champion-Slatkine, Paris 1985, . (Dissertation Université Sorbonne 1981)
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References
External links
Jean-Baptiste Janson
on IMSLP
Jean-Baptiste-Aimé-Joseph Janson - Cello Concerto in D major
on YouTube
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People from Valenciennes
Musicians from Nord (French department)
18th-century French composers
18th-century male musicians
French composers of sacred music
French classical cellists
Academic staff of the Conservatoire de Paris
1742 births
1803 deaths