ADOLPHE ADAM -

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Adolphe Charles Adam (24 July 1803 - 3 May 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 tor?ador (1849) and Si j'?tais roi (1852, often regarded as his finest work), and his Christmas carol Minuit, chr?tiens! (O Holy Night) (1847). Adam was also a noted teacher. L?o Delibes was among his pupils. Adolphe Adam was born in Paris to Louis Adam (1758-1848), who was also a composer, as well a professor at the Paris Conservatoire. 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 Fran?ois-Adrien Boieldieu. Adam also played the triangle in the orchestra of the Conservatoire...

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however, he did not win the Prix de Rome and his father did not encourage him to pursue a music career....