Adolphe Adam

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.

Birth and Death Data: Born July 24, 1803 (Paris), Died May 3, 1856 (Paris)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1900 - 1947

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, arranger, lyricist

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings (Results 51-75 of 103 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Columbia	3136	10-in.	ca. Jan.-June 1905	Vallons de l'helvétie	Marcel Journet	Bass vocal solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	3269	10-in.	between January and November 1905	Oh! Holy night	George Alexander	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	19365	10-in.	5/12/1911	If I were king	Cecil Fanning	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	77272	10-in.	8/18/1917	O holy night	Henry Burr	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	78458	10-in.	5/29/1919	O holy night	Edna White Trumpet Quartette	Trumpet quartet, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	78468	10-in.	6/3/1919	O holy night	Edna White Trumpet Quartette	Trumpet quartet, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	78638	10-in.	9/10/1919	Oh! Holy night	Columbia Stellar Quartette ; Charles Harrison	Male vocal solo and male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	30203	12-in.	approximately 1908	O holy night	Thomas Chalmers ; Church of the Ascension Choir	Male vocal solo and vocal chorus, with harp and orchestra	composer
Columbia	30948	12-in.	ca. Jan.-May 1912	Oh holy night	Columbia Mixed Quartette ; Royal Dadmun	Baritone vocal solo and mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	48927	12-in.	9/22/1916	O holy night	Columbia Mixed Quartette ; Charles Harrison	Tenor vocal solo and mixed vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	W140636	10-in.	5/29/1925	Christmas song	Oscar Seagle	Baritone vocal solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	W98587	12-in.	9/19/1928	O holy night	Columbia Mixed Chorus	Mixed vocal chorus	composer
Columbia	44272	10-in.	June 1916	Minuit, chrétiens	J. M. Magnan	Male vocal solo	composer
Columbia	84415	10-in.	approximately June 1918	Minuit Chrétiens	L. Guillaume Dupuis ; Quatuor Octave Pelletier	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	W108846	10-in.	February 1928	Minui, Chrétiens	Quatuor Sylva	Male vocal quartet	composer
OKeh	[OK cat 1163-b]	10-in.	approximately 1918	O holy night	Croxton Mixed Trio	Mixed vocal trio	composer
Brunswick	2166	10-in.	approximately Sept. 1918	Oh! Holy night	Ralph Errolle	Male vocal solo	composer
Brunswick	6650-6651	10-in.	approximately Oct. 1921	Holy night	Mario Chamlee	Male vocal solo and vocal ensemble, with orchestra	composer
Brunswick	11498-11500	10-in.	10/1/1923	Holy night	Florence Easton	Soprano vocal solo and male vocal trio, with orchestra	composer
Brunswick	XE31842	12-in.	Jan. 1930	Brunswick brevities program X, pt. 6	Brunswick Concert Orchestra	Radio transcription disc : Orchestra	composer
Brunswick	E16407-E16409	10-in.	9/25/1925	Holy night	Fredric Fradkin Trio	Instrumental trio	composer
Brunswick	E16580-E16582	10-in.	10/9/1925	Holy night	Fredric Fradkin Trio	Instrumental trio	composer
Brunswick	E16733-E16735	10-in.	10/20/1925	Holy night	Fredric Fradkin Trio	Instrumental trio	composer
Brunswick	E16767-E16769	10-in.	10/26/1925	Holy night	Florence Easton	Female vocal solo and male vocal trio, with orchestra	composer
Brunswick	E20660-E20661	10-in.	11/5/1926	Minuit, Chrétien	Louis Chartier	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer

(Results 51-75 of 103 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Adam, Adolphe," accessed November 21, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102788.

Adam, Adolphe. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102788.

"Adam, Adolphe." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 21 November 2024.