Adolphe Charles Adam (1803 - 1856)
France

France
Adolphe Charles Adam (July 24, 1803 ? May 3, 1856) was a French composer and music critic. He is best known today for his ballets Giselle (1844) and Le Corsaire (1856, his last work), his opera Les Toréadors]] (AKA Le toréador ou L'accord parfait) (1849), and his Christmas carol O Holy Night (1847).

Adam was born in Paris where his father Louis Adam (1758-1848) (born Johann Ludwig Adam in Muttersholtz, Alsace), a pianist and composer was professor at the Paris Conservatoire. His mother was the daughter of a physician. As a child, Adolphe Adam preferred to improvise music of his own rather than study music seriously. He entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1821 where he studied organ and harmonium under François-Adrien Boïeldieu, also playing the triangle in the orchestra of the conservatoire in order to gain experience in rhythm and sight reading (many of his compositions exploit the use of the trinagle a great deal). However, he did not win the Grand Prix de Rome and his father did not encourage him to pursue a music as a career.

By the time he was 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. He was able to travel through Europe with the money he made, and he met Eugène Scribe, with whom he was later to collaborate, in Geneva. By 1830, he had completed 28 theater works.

Adam is probably best remembered for the ballet Giselle (1841). He wrote several other ballets and 39 operas, including Le postillon de Lonjumeau (1836) and Si j'étais roi (1852).

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 had to be closed because of the Revolution of 1848, leaving Adam with overwhelming debts. He briefly turned to journalism to try to extricate himself. From 1849 to his death, he taught composition at the Paris Conservatoire.

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]. Although there are modern-day claims that Adam was Jewish [2], these seem to lack substantiation. He was, at least at the end of his life, a Catholic. (From the obituary, May 4, 1856, in 'La France Musicale': 'Les obsèques de M. Adolphe Adam auront lieu lundi 5 mai, à 11 heures, en l'église de Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, sa paroisse.' 'The funeral of Mr. Adolphe Adam will take place Monday, May 5, in the church of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, his parish.' And from the report of his funeral, in the May 11 issue: 'Après la cérémonie religieuse,....' 'After the religious ceremony,....' See the reproduction at [3].)

He died in Paris and was buried in the Montmartre Cemetery.
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O Holy Night (Cantique de No�l)
Adam, Adolphe Charles
Horn (F), piano or organ
1 PDF / 1 MP3 / Easy

Adaptator : Dewagtere, Bernard

Added the 12 Nov 2011

Giselle - Pas de deux (1er Acte)
Adam, Adolphe Charles
Piano solo
1 PDF / MIDI /

Added the 27 Dec 2006

Si j'étais roi "Overture" (Opera in 3 acts)
Adam, Adolphe Charles
1 Piano, 4 Hands (duet)
1 PDF /
Adaptator : Kleinmichel, Richard

Added the 03 Aug 2011

O Holy Night (Cantique de No�l)
Adam, Adolphe Charles
Guitar, Piano
1 PDF / 2 MP3 Play-along /
Adaptator : Dewagtere, Bernard

Added the 29 Nov 2011

O Holy Night In C Major for English Handbells and Piano
Adam, Adolphe Charles
Handbells
1 PDF / 1 MP3 /
Adaptator : MAGATAGAN, MICHAEL

Added the 03 Dec 2011

O Holy Night
Adam, Adolphe Charles
Piano solo
1 PDF / MIDI / Intermediate
Adaptator : Wheelwright, Lance

Added the 15 Jul 2013

Giselle ou Les Wilis : ballet pantomime en 2 actes
Adam, Adolphe Charles
Piano solo
1 PDF /
Adaptator : Cornette, Victor

Added the 04 Mar 2017

Cantique de Noël "Minuit, Chrétiens" (O holy Night!)
Adam, Adolphe Charles
Voice, Violin, Piano and Organ
1 PDF /

Added the 12 Dec 2014

O Holy Night!
Adam, Adolphe Charles
Choral SATB, Soloist and Keyboard (organ or piano)
1 PDF /
Adaptator : Buck, Dudley

Added the 12 Dec 2014

Christmas song : O Holy Night (Cantique de Noël)
Adam, Adolphe Charles
Voice, violin, cello, piano
1 PDF /

Added the 12 Dec 2014

Si j'étais roi
Adam, Adolphe Charles
Piano solo
1 PDF /
Adaptator : Micheuz, Georges

Added the 12 Dec 2014

Si j'étais roi "Overture"
Adam, Adolphe Charles
Piano solo
1 PDF /
Adaptator : Blasser, Gustav

Added the 12 Dec 2014

Capriccio sur un choral protestant (Op.100)
Adam, Adolphe Charles
Piano solo
1 PDF /

Added the 12 Dec 2014

Deuxième mélange sur des motifs de "Guillaume Tell" (Op.44)
Adam, Adolphe Charles
Piano solo
1 PDF /

Added the 12 Dec 2014

O Holy Night - alternate ending
Adam, Adolphe Charles
Piano and Voice
1 PDF / MIDI / Intermediate
Adaptator : Potter, Amy

Added the 21 Mar 2015

Der Postillon von Lonjumeau
Adam, Adolphe Charles
Choral STB, keyboard
1 PDF /

Added the 04 Mar 2017

Cantique de Noël, O Holy Night (Minuit Chretiens!)
Adam, Adolphe Charles
Piano solo
1 PDF / 1 MP3 / MIDI / Easy
Adaptator : Heidtmann, Klaus

Added the 17 Dec 2017

La filleule des fées (Suite de Valses)
Adam, Adolphe Charles
Piano solo
1 PDF /
Adaptator : Musard, Alfred

Added the 11 Jan 2019

Le diable à quatre (Mazurka)
Adam, Adolphe Charles
Piano solo
1 PDF /
Adaptator : Herz, Jacques

Added the 11 Jan 2019

Le diable à quatre (Deuxi�me rondeaux sur les motifs du ballet (Op.77))
Adam, Adolphe Charles
Piano solo
1 PDF /
Adaptator : Rosellen, Henri

Added the 11 Jan 2019

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