Adolphe-Charles Adam
Opera, Composer
1803 – 1856
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Who was Adolphe-Charles Adam?
Adolphe Charles Adam was a French composer and music critic. A prolific composer of operas and ballets, he is best known today for his ballets Giselle and Le corsaire, his operas Le postillon de Lonjumeau, Le toréador and Si j'étais roi and his Christmas carol Minuit, chrétiens!, later set to different English lyrics and widely sung as O Holy Night. Adam was a noted teacher, who taught Delibes and other influential composers.
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- Born
- Jul 24, 1803
Paris - Also known as
- Adolph Adam
- Adolphe Adam
- Adam
- Adolph Charles Adam
- Adam, Adolphe Charles
- Parents
- Nationality
- France
- Profession
- Education
- Conservatoire de Paris
- Lived in
- Paris
- Died
- May 3, 1856
Paris - Resting place
- Montmartre Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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