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 76-100 of 103 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Brunswick	E24948-E24949	10-in.	10/27/1927	Holy night	Florence Easton	Female vocal solo and male vocal trio, with orchestra	composer
Edison	701	12-in.	approximately July 1911	Bravour variations	Melitta Heim	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	827	Not documented	approximately Oct. 1911	Overture	Band (unidentified; Edison Records)	Band	composer
Edison	2693	10-in.	1/9/1914	O holy night	Thomas Chalmers	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	5465	10-in.	3/21/1917	Le toreador	Alice Verlet	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	arranger
Edison	6076	10-in.	Mar. 1918	Cantique de Noël	Pierre A. Asselin	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	6415	10-in.	between 10/10/1918 and 10/23/1918	Comrades in arms	Liberty Boys	Male vocal ensemble, with orchestra	composer
Edison	6817	10-in.	6/4/1919	O holy night	Frieda Hempel	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Gramophone	BWR332	10-in.	9/16/1926	Cantique de Noël	Marek Weber	Violin solo, with bells, harp, and organ	composer
Gramophone	530m	12-in.	2/4/1911	Ah! vous dirai-je, maman	Frieda Hempel	Soprano vocal solo, with flute and orchestra	arranger
Gramophone	731ae	10-in.	Sept. 1909	Julsång	Elite-Sextetten	Vocal sextet, with male vocal solo	composer
Gramophone	1393c	12-in.	1907	Si j'etais roi : Sinfonía	Teatro alla Scala Orchestra	Orchestra	composer
Gramophone	6977b	10-in.	1905	Písen chapelona	Otakár Mařák	Tenor vocal solo, with piano	composer
Gramophone	7032e	10-in.	October 1907	Julsång	John Forsell	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Gramophone	9115u	10-in.	1905	Un regard de ses yeux!	Léon Beyle	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Gramophone	13866½u	10-in.	1908	Gehenkt	Richard Mayr ; Arthur Preuss ; Gerhard Stehmann	Vocal trio (tenor, baritone, and bass), with orchestra	composer
Victor (Canada)	[ViC cat 263651-A]	10-in.	before 11/6/1929	Minuit chrétien	Quatuor Franco-Americain	Male vocal quartet, with organ	composer
Columbia (U.K.)	WB1988	10-in.	5/11/1928	Variazioni su un tema di Mozart	Anna-Maria Guglielmetti	Soprano vocal solo	composer
Columbia (U.K.)	WB1989	10-in.	5/11/1928	Variazioni su un tema di Mozart	Anna-Maria Guglielmetti	Soprano vocal solo	composer
Columbia (U.K.)	WLX582	12-in.	10/13/1928	Cantique de Noël	Élie Cohen ; Louis Richard	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia (U.K.)	WL760	10-in.	12/12/1927	La ronde	Pierre Lamy ; Albert Valsien	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia (U.K.)	WLX1399	12-in.	10/20/1930	Si j'etais roi : Ouverture, 1re partie	Eugène Bigot ; Orchestre Symphonique	Orchestra	composer
Columbia (U.K.)	WLX1400	12-in.	10/20/1930	Si j'etais roi : Ouverture, 2e partie	Eugène Bigot ; Orchestre Symphonique	Orchestra	composer
Columbia (U.K.)	WLX1633	12-in.	9/24/1932	Minuit Chrétiens	Armand Bernard ; Georges Thill	Tenor vocal solo, with organ and orchestra	composer
Columbia (U.K.)	WL2100	10-in.	3/6/1930	L'amour el le tabac	Élie Cohen ; Armand Narçon	Bass vocal solo, with orchestra	composer

(Results 76-100 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.