Adolphe Charles Adam
Born: 24th July 1803, Paris, France
Died: 3rd May 1856, Paris, France
Nationality: French
Adolphe Charles Adam 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.
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- Bravura Variations (on a theme attributed to N. Dezède) (2)
- Dans le sommeil (from Si j’étais roi) (1)
- De vos nobles aïeux (from Si j'étais roi) (1)
- Die Nürnberger Puppe (1)
- Elle est princesse (1)
- Entrée (1)
- Giselle (46)
- Giselle (excerpts) (10)
- Giselle: Peasant pas de deux (1)
- Grand Pas de Deux from Act II, Giselle (4)
- Griseldis, Act I Tableau 1 "La vue" (1)
- Griseldis, Act I Tableau 2 "L'ouïe" (1)
- Griseldis, Act II Tableau 3 "Le toucher": Andante - Allegro moderato (1)
- Griseldis, Act III Tableau 4 "L'odorat et le goût" (1)
- Griseldis, Act III Tableau 5 "La vue" (1)
- Griseldis: Introduction (1)
- Jul-sång (1)
- La Filleule des Fées (2)
- La Jolie Fille de Gand (1)
- La Poupée de Nuremberg (1)
- La Poupée de Nuremberg : Overture (1)
- Le chalet (5)
- Le chanson du canari (from Les Pantins de Violette) (3)
- Le Corsaire (9)
- Le Postillon de Lonjumeau (4)
- Le Postillon de Lonjumeau: Freunde, vernehmet die Geschichte (1)
- Le Toréador (2)
- Mes amis, écoutez l'histoire (from Le Postillon de Lonjumeau) (10)
- O Holy Night (298)
- O, helga natt (27)
- Orfa (1)
- Pour rester en cette demeure (from Le bijou perdu) (1)
- Si j'étais roi - Overture (14)
- The Pink Fairy (from La filleule des fées) (1)
- Un regard de ses yeux (from Si j’étais roi) (1)
- Waltz from Giselle (2)
- Wenn ich König Wär (If I Were King) (1)
- Wenn ich König Wär (If I Were King): Overture (1)
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