Adolphe Adam
Adolphe Charles Adam (French: [adɔlf adɑ̃]; 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 French form of opera. |
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Recordings (Results 26-50 of 103 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | C-25552 | 12-in. | 9/8/1921 | Variations on a Mozart air | Amelita Galli-Curci | Soprano vocal solo, with flute and orchestra | arranger | |
Victor | C-26530 | 12-in. | 6/14/1922 | If I were king : Overture | Josef Pasternack ; Victor Symphony Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-26846 | 10-in. | 8/28/1922 | Holy night | Lewis James | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-28166 | 12-in. | 7/5/1923 | Holy night | Reinald Werrenrath | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BVE-33469 | 10-in. | 10/23/1925 | Holy night | Lucy Isabelle Marsh | Soprano vocal solo, with mixed vocal chorus and pipe organ | composer | |
Victor | BVE-33542 | 10-in. | 10/5/1925 | Holy night | Victor Salon Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | CVE-33777 | 12-in. | 11/11/1925 | Famous sacred songs, no. 1 | Trinity Choir | Mixed vocal chorus, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | CVE-36610 | 12-in. | 10/7/1926 | O holy night | William F. L'Ecluse | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | BVE-36825 | 10-in. | 10/14/1926 | Julesang | August Werner | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BVE-53488 | 10-in. | 7/3/1929 | If I were king : Overture | Rosario Bourdon ; Victor Symphony Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BVE-53489 | 10-in. | 7/3/1929 | If I were king : Overture | Rosario Bourdon ; Victor Symphony Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BVE-53549 | 10-in. | 6/7/1929 | Si yo fuera rey : Obertura | Marimba Centro-Americana | Marimba band | composer | |
Victor | BVE-53550 | 10-in. | 6/7/1929 | Si yo fuera rey : Obertura | Marimba Centro-Americana | Marimba band | composer | |
Victor | BVE-64071 | 10-in. | 3/5/1931 | Christmas song | Clawson Beswick Van Siclen | Boy soprano vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | CVE-64394 | 12-in. | 12/5/1930 | O holy night | William J. Amerling | Boy soprano vocal solo, with flute and piano | composer | |
Victor | BS-74819 | 10-in. | 12/7/1932 | Cantique de Noël | Maria Mercedes Folz | Female vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | BS-87140 | 10-in. | 12/20/1934 | Oh! Holy night | Helen O'Leary | Female vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | [Vi cat 99712] | 12-in. | Nov. 1907 | Aria da Nemea | Medina de Souza | Female vocal solo | composer | |
Victor | BS-067645 | 10-in. | 8/14/1941 | Oh holy night | Emile Coté ; Victor Chapel Choir | Mixed vocal chorus, with tenor vocal solo and organ | composer | |
Victor | D7VB-1593 | 10-in. | 8/27/1947 | It came upon the midnight clear | Dick Leibert | Organ solo | composer | |
Columbia | 50 | 10-in. | ca. 1901 | Cantique de Noël | Artists vary | Baritone vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Columbia | 50 | 7-in. | ca. 1901-Sept. 1902 | Cantique de Noël | Artists vary | Baritone vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Columbia | 994 | 10-in. | ca. 1902 | Le brasseur de Preston : Overture | Columbia Band | Band | composer | |
Columbia | 994 | 7-in. | ca. 1902-Oct. 1905 | Le brasseur de Preston : Overture | Columbia Band | Band | composer | |
Columbia | 1952 | 10-in. | approximately October 1905 | Minuit Chrétiens | Joseph Saucier | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Adam, Adolphe," accessed September 28, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102788.
Adam, Adolphe. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved September 28, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102788.
"Adam, Adolphe." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 28 September 2024.
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