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Also known as Adolphe Charles Adam, Adolphe-Charles Adam, Adolphe C. Adam

French composer (1803–1856)

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Adolphe Adam was a French composer who lived from 1803 to 1856 and is best known for creating popular operas and ballets during the 19th century. His works, including the famous ballet "Giselle," helped shape Romantic-era music and remain performed around the world today.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1803
Died
1856
Works
172

Top works

  • El sordo
  • Le livre de l'ermite
  • La reine d'un jour
  • Giralda, o, El marido misterioso
  • Le diable a quatre

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Film & TV

Sound · Paris, France

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
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Total plays
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Adolphe Charles Adam (July 24, 1803 – May 3, 1856) was a French composer and music critic. A prolific composer of operas and ballets, he is best known today for his ballets Giselle (1844) and Le Corsaire (1856, his last work), his operas Le postillon de Lonjumeau (1836), Le toréador (1849) and Si j'étais roi (1852, often regarded as his finest work), and his Christmas carol Minuit, chrétiens! (O Holy Night) (1847). Adam was also a noted teacher. Léo Delibes was among his pupils. <a href="https:/

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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Adolphe Adam, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Le farfadet [Música notada] :]opéra-comique en un acte

Le farfadet [Música notada] :]opéra-comique en un acte

Marche & valse de La fille du Danube [Música notada]

Marche & valse de La fille du Danube [Música notada]

Le bijou perdu [Música notada] : opéra comique en 3 actes

Le bijou perdu [Música notada] : opéra comique en 3 actes

Ah! qu'il fait donc bon [Música notada] : ronde sur l'opéra Le bijou perdu d'Ad. Adam

Ah! qu'il fait donc bon [Música notada] : ronde sur l'opéra Le bijou perdu d'Ad. Adam

La ballade [Música notada] :]air de ballet de La fille du Danube

La ballade [Música notada] :]air de ballet de La fille du Danube

Galop & Cotillon de La fille du Danube [Música notada]

Galop & Cotillon de La fille du Danube [Música notada]

Galop favorito en el baile Giselle [Música notada]

Galop favorito en el baile Giselle [Música notada]

The caractéres.. [La Francia: sobre un aire de baile de Adam] [[notada]:] 3 airs varied for piano forte on an air of the Gisela: op. 118

The caractéres.. [La Francia: sobre un aire de baile de Adam] [[notada]:] 3 airs varied for piano forte on an air of the Gisela: op. 118

Giralda ou La nouvelle Psyché [Música notada] :]opéra comique en 3 actes

Giralda ou La nouvelle Psyché [Música notada] :]opéra comique en 3 actes

La poupée de Nuremberg [Música notada] :]opéra comique en un acte

La poupée de Nuremberg [Música notada] :]opéra comique en un acte

Noel (Adam)

Noel (Adam)

Bravour variations: insert for “Regimental Daughter” by Donizetti: “Ah, vous diraj-je, maman!”/by A. Adam

Bravour variations: insert for “Regimental Daughter” by Donizetti: “Ah, vous diraj-je, maman!”/by A. Adam

Noël/Adam

Noël/Adam

Bravour variations with obligate flute/(Adam)

Bravour variations with obligate flute/(Adam)

The Postillon of Lonjumeau: 1st Nude, Postillon Song “Friends, Hearing the Story”/(Adam)

The Postillon of Lonjumeau: 1st Nude, Postillon Song “Friends, Hearing the Story”/(Adam)

Si j 'étais roi: Romance/(Adam)

Si j 'étais roi: Romance/(Adam)

Christmas Song - Adams

Christmas Song - Adams

Bravour variations on a theme by Mozart/A. Adam

Bravour variations on a theme by Mozart/A. Adam

O, Susanna! : “How is life so beautiful,” Humorist Rhineland

O, Susanna! : “How is life so beautiful,” Humorist Rhineland

Who dares us from “Zigeunerbaron”: duet Saffi - Barinkay from the operetta “Der Zigeunerbaron,” 2nd act

Who dares us from “Zigeunerbaron”: duet Saffi - Barinkay from the operetta “Der Zigeunerbaron,” 2nd act

Variations on a theme by Mozart/(A. Adam)

Variations on a theme by Mozart/(A. Adam)

Bravour variations: insert for “Regimental Daughter” by Donizetti: “Ah, vous diraj-je, maman!”/by A. Adam

Bravour variations: insert for “Regimental Daughter” by Donizetti: “Ah, vous diraj-je, maman!”/by A. Adam

Bravour variations: insert for “Regimental Daughter” by Donizetti: “Ah, vous diraj-je, maman!”/by A. Adam

Bravour variations: insert for “Regimental Daughter” by Donizetti: “Ah, vous diraj-je, maman!”/by A. Adam

Friends, listening to the story: aus “Postillion von Lonjumeau”/(A. Adam)

Friends, listening to the story: aus “Postillion von Lonjumeau”/(A. Adam)

She is Princess: Arie des Zephoris “Wenn ich König wär”; from “Si j 'étais roi”/(Adam). German bearb. by Paul Wolff, Erfurt

She is Princess: Arie des Zephoris “Wenn ich König wär”; from “Si j 'étais roi”/(Adam). German bearb. by Paul Wolff, Erfurt

“Si j 'étais roi”: (If I were king’); Overture, I. Teil/(Adam)

“Si j 'étais roi”: (If I were king’); Overture, I. Teil/(Adam)

Friends listening to the story: “The Postillon of Lonjumeau”/Adam

Friends listening to the story: “The Postillon of Lonjumeau”/Adam

The Postillon of Lonjumeau: Postillon song “Friends watching the Story”/Music: A. Adam

The Postillon of Lonjumeau: Postillon song “Friends watching the Story”/Music: A. Adam

“Si j 'étais roi”: (If I were king’); Overture, II part/(Adam)

“Si j 'étais roi”: (If I were king’); Overture, II part/(Adam)

The Postillon of Lonjumeau: Postillonlied “Friends, Hearing the Story”/(Adam)

The Postillon of Lonjumeau: Postillonlied “Friends, Hearing the Story”/(Adam)

Friends, listening to the story: “Der Postillion von Lonjumeau”/(Adam)

Friends, listening to the story: “Der Postillion von Lonjumeau”/(Adam)

Overture to the opera “Si j 'étais roi”: (If I were king). Part I and Part II

Overture to the opera “Si j 'étais roi”: (If I were king). Part I and Part II

Cantique de Noel (O holy night)/(Adolphe Adam)

Cantique de Noel (O holy night)/(Adolphe Adam)

Postillon song: The Postillon of Lonjumeau/(Adam)

Postillon song: The Postillon of Lonjumeau/(Adam)

“The Postillion of Lonjumeau”: Friends, listening to the story/(Adam)

“The Postillion of Lonjumeau”: Friends, listening to the story/(Adam)

Si j “étais roi: "J” ignorais son nom, sa naissance"; acte I/(A. Adam)

Si j “étais roi: "J” ignorais son nom, sa naissance"; acte I/(A. Adam)

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Encyclopedic overview

Adam in 1840, by Nicolas Eustache Maurin Adolphe Charles Adam ( French: [adɔlf adɑ̃]; 24 July 1803 – 3 May 1856) was a French composer, teacher and music critic. A prolific composer for the theatre, he is best known today for his ballets Giselle (1841) and Le corsaire (1856), his operas Le postillon de Lonjumeau (1836) and Si j'étais roi (1852) and his Christmas carol "Minuit, chrétiens!" ("Midnight, Christians", 1847, known in English as "O Holy Night").

Adam was the son of a well-known composer and pianist, but his father did not wish him to pursue a musical career. Adam defied his father, and his many operas and ballets earned him a good living until he lost all his money in 1848 in a disastrous bid to open a new opera house in Paris in competition with the Opéra and Opéra-Comique. He recovered, and extended his activities to journalism and teaching. He was appointed as a professor at the Paris Conservatoire, France's principal music academy.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Adolphe Adam” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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