Adolphe Adam

alt=neatly bearded white man of middle years, wearing glasses Adolphe Charles Adam (; 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, 1844, 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.

Together with his older contemporary Daniel Auber and his teacher Adrien Boieldieu, Adam is credited with creating the later Romantic French form of opera. Provided by Wikipedia
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    by Adam, Adolphe, 1803-1856
    Published 1836
    Paris, P.V. Stock [1836]
    24 p. illus. 26 cm.
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    Paris, Librairie théâtrale [n.d.]
    135 p.
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    by Adam, Adolphe, 1803-1856
    Published 1924
    Paris, Stock, 1924.
    70 p.
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    by Adam, Adolphe, 1803-1856
    Published 1852
    [1852?]
    22 leaves.
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    by Adam, Adolphe, 1803-1856
    Published 1834
    [Paris, 1834]
    p. [209]-224.
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    by Adam, Adolphe, 1803-1856
    Published 1860
    London : T.H. Lacy, [1860?]
    28 p.
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    by Adam, Adolphe, 1803-1856
    Published 1876
    [S.l. : s.n., 1876?]
    40 p.
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    by Adam, Adolphe, 1803-1856
    Published 1841
    London : S.G. Fairbrother, [1841?]
    24 p.
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    by Adam, Adolphe, 1803-1856
    Published 1845
    1845.
    19 leaves.
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    by Desnoyer, Charles, 1806-1858
    Published 1831
    Paris : Barba, 1831.
    39 p.
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    by Pérez Capo, Felipe, 1878-
    Published 1907
    Madrid : R. Velasco, Impr., 1907.
    37 p.
    Other Authors: “...Adam, Adolphe, 1803-1856...”
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    [London : J. Limbird, 1842]
    xvi, 63 p.
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    Paris : J.-N. Barba, 1829.
    38 p.
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    by Sedaine, 1719-1797
    Published 1843
    [Paris? : s.n., 1843?]
    16 p.
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    Paris : Mme Ve Jonas, 1849.
    20 p. ; 22 cm.
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