Adolphe Charles Adam (July 24, 1803 – May 3, 1856) was a French composer and music critic. Events 1132 - Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily. 1803 ( MDCCCIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1491 - Kongo monarch Nkuwu Nzinga is baptised by Portuguese missionaries adopting the baptismal name of João Year 1856 ( MDCCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance 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). Giselle is a Ballet by Adolphe Adam. It has 2 acts 2 scenes with a libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Théophile Le Corsaire is a Ballet typically presented in three acts with a scenario originally created by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges, loosely based Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto Le postillon de Lonjumeau ( The Coachman of Lonjumeau) is an Opéra-comique in three acts by Adolphe Adam to a French libretto by Si j'étais roi (English If I Were King) is an Opéra-comique in three acts by Adolphe Adam. " O Holy Night " (" Cantique de Noël " is a well-known Christmas carol composed by Adolphe Adam in 1847 to the French poem Adam was also a noted teacher. Léo Delibes was among his pupils. (Clément Philibert Léo Delibes (21 February 1836 &ndash 16 January 1891 was a French Composer of Ballets operas, and other works for the stage
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Biography
Adolphe Adam was born in Paris to Louis Adam (1758-1848), who was also a composer, as well a professor at the Paris Conservatoire. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Louis Adam ( December 3, 1758, Muttersholtz – April 8, 1848, Paris) was a French composer music teacher and The Conservatoire de Paris is an institution of higher education that has played an important role in the development of Music in France and Western Europe His mother was the daughter of a physician. As a child, Adolphe Adam preferred to improvise music on his own rather than study music seriously. He entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1821, where he studied organ and harmonium under the celebrated opera composer François-Adrien Boïeldieu. François-Adrien Boieldieu ( December 16, 1775 in Rouen &ndash October 8, 1834 in Varennes-Jarcy, Essonne Adam also played the triangle in the orchestra of the Conservatoire; however, he did not win the Grand Prix de Rome and his father did not encourage him to pursue a music as a career. The triangle is an Idiophone type of Musical instrument in the percussion family This article concerns the French government prize For similarly named prizes aimed at other countries' nationals see Prix de Rome (disambiguation.
By the age of 20, he was writing songs for Paris vaudeville houses and playing in the orchestra at the Gymnasie Dramatique, where he later became chorus master. Like many other French composers, he made a living largely by playing the organ. In 1825, he helped Boïeldieu prepare parts for La dame blanche and made a piano reduction of the score. La dame blanche (The White Lady is an Opera in three acts by the French composer François-Adrien Boïeldieu (1775-1834 He was able to travel through Europe with the money he made, and he met Eugène Scribe, with whom he later collaborates, in Geneva. Augustin Eugène Scribe ( December 24, 1791 – February 20, 1861) was a French dramatist and Librettist. Geneva (Genève is the second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and is the most populous city of Romandy (the French -speaking By 1830, he had completed twenty-eight works for the theatre.
Adam is probably best remembered for the ballet Giselle (1841). Ballet is a formalized form of Dance with its origins in the French court further developed in France and Russia as a Concert dance Giselle is a Ballet by Adolphe Adam. It has 2 acts 2 scenes with a libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Théophile He wrote several other ballets and 39 operas, including Le postillon de Lonjumeau (1836) and Si j'étais roi (1852). Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto Le postillon de Lonjumeau ( The Coachman of Lonjumeau) is an Opéra-comique in three acts by Adolphe Adam to a French libretto by Si j'étais roi (English If I Were King) is an Opéra-comique in three acts by Adolphe Adam.
After quarreling with the director of the Opéra, Adam invested his money and borrowed heavily to open a third opera house in Paris: the Théâtre National. It opened in 1847, but closed because of the Revolution of 1848, leaving Adam with massive debts. The European Revolutions of 1848, known in some countries as the Spring of Nations or the Year of Revolution, were a series of political upheavals throughout the European His efforts to extricate himself from these debts include a brief turn to journalism. From 1849 to his death in Paris, he taught composition at the Paris Conservatoire. The Conservatoire de Paris is an institution of higher education that has played an important role in the development of Music in France and Western Europe
His Christmas carol "Cantique de Noël", often known by its English title "O Holy Night", has become an international favourite and may have been the first music broadcast on radio [1]. " O Holy Night " (" Cantique de Noël " is a well-known Christmas carol composed by Adolphe Adam in 1847 to the French poem
Adolphe Adam is buried there in the Cimetière de Montmartre (Montmartre Cemetery). Montmartre Cemetery ( Fr: Cimetière de Montmartre is a famous cemetery located at 37 Avenue Samson in the 18th ''arrondissement'' of Paris
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Main works
- Ballets:
- La chatte blanche (1830)
- Faust (1833)
- La fille du Danube (1836)
- Les Mohicans (1837)
- L'écumeur des mers (1840)
- Les Hamadryades (1840)
- Giselle, ou Les willis (1841)
- La jolie fille de Gand (1842)
- Le Diable à Quatre (1845)
- Griseldis, ou Les cinq sens (1848)
- La filleule des fées (1849)
- Orfa (1852)
- Le Corsaire (1856)
- Operas :
- Le mal du pays, ou La bâtelière de Brientz (1827)
- Le jeune propriétaire et le vieux fermier (1829)
- Pierre et Catherine (1829)
- Danilowa (1830)
- Les trois Catherine (1830)
- Trois jours en une heure (1830)
- Joséphine, ou Le retour de Wagram (1830)
- Le morceau d'ensemble (1831)
- Le grand prix ou Le voyage à frais communs (1831)
- Casimir ou Le premier tête-à-tête (1831)
- His First Campaign (1832)
- The Dark Diamond (1832)
- Le proscrit, ou Le tribunal (1833)
- Une bonne fortune (1834)
- Le chalet (1834)
- La marquise (1835)
- Micheline ou L'Heure de l'esprit (1835)
- Le postillon de Lonjumeau (1836)
- Le fidèle berger (1838)
- Le brasseur de Preston (1838)
- Régine, ou Les deux nuits (1839)
- La reine d'un jour (1839)
- La rose de Péronne (1840)
- La main de fer ou Un mariage secret (1841)
- Le roi d'Yvetôt (1842)
- Lambert Simnel (1843)
- Cagliostro (1844)
- Richard en Palestine (1844)
- La bouquetière (1847)
- Les premiers pas, ou Les deux génies, ou Les mémoires de la blanchisseuse (1847)
- Le toréador, ou L'accord parfait (1849)
- Le fanal (1849)
- Giralda, ou La nouvelle psyché (1850)
- Le farfadet (1852)
- La poupée de Nuremberg (1852)
- Si j'étais roi (1852)
- Le sourd ou L'auberge pleine (1853)
- Le roi des halles (1853)
- Le bijou perdu (1853)
- Le muletier de Tolède (1854)
- À Clichy, épisode de la vie d'un artiste (1854)
- Mam'zelle Geneviève (1856)
- Falstaff (1856)
- Les pantins de Violette (1856)
External links
- Adam was listed in the International Music Score Library Project
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| NAME | Adam, Adolphe Charles |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | French composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 24, 1803 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris, France |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 3, 1856 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Paris, France |
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