Andrade, Jacob Auguste 1793-f1843 France Pyrenees, Bayonne - ?Paris
professor of singing, the forename Jean was invented by Fetis who is notorious for assigning arbitrary names to initials, 1817 he entered the Conservatoire de Paris where he studied singing with Pierre Garat and Antoine Ponchard, 1820 winning 2e prix de chant, 18.mar.1821 he sang the air 'Les Abencerages' by Cherubini as examination piece, he may have started his singing career in Bordeaux, 1821 he sang at the Societe des Concerts in Rouen, 1831-1834 residing at rue du Bac 71 in Paris, 8.oct.1833 active as singer in Douai, 1833-1841 professeur de chant Italien et Francais in Paris and member of Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire, 7.mar.1837 he gave a concert at salons de Mr Seyrig passage des Petits-Peres in Paris, c1838 he left Paris possibly for Bordeaux, November 1840 he returned to Paris after a long stay in the province, 9.mar.1841 he gave a concert at the salons de Mr Souffletto in Paris accompanied by Jacques Offenbach cello and Marie Pollet harp, he died probably not long before 1875 because that year his wife was still known as Mme Auguste Andrade ; he married the publisher's daughter Claire Antoinette Gerdret (10.jul.1875 widowed still living at 29 rue de Londres in Paris) ; daughter Sophie Henriette who married Louis Joseph Dumeiz 27.jun.1854 in Paris St-Germain-des-Pres