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...
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O Holy Night (category Compositions by Adolphe Adam)
written in 1843 by poet Placide Cappeau, it was set to music by composer Adolphe Adam. The English version, with small changes to the initial melody, is by...
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precious coral used to make jewelry. It was first used by French composer Adolphe Adam for a character in his 1849 comic opera Le toréador. As a diminutive...
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Léo Delibes (category Pupils of Adolphe Adam)
Paris, when he was twelve, studying under several professors including Adolphe Adam. After composing light comic opérettes in the 1850s and 1860s, while...
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by Arcangelo Corelli, 1994 Corroboree, John Antill, 1950 Le Corsaire, Adolphe Adam, 1856 Corybantic Games, to music by Leonard Bernstein, 2018 La Création...
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Opéra-National was a Parisian opera company that the French composer Adolphe Adam founded in 1847 to provide an alternative to the two primary French opera...
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Adolf (redirect from Adolphe (given name))
Adolf (also spelt Adolph or Adolphe, Adolfo, and when Latinised Adolphus) is a given name with German origins. The name is a compound derived from the...
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Giselle (category Ballets by Adolphe Adam)
is a romantic ballet ("ballet-pantomime") in two acts with music by Adolphe Adam. Considered a masterwork in the classical ballet performance canon, it...
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Jeffrey Adam Gutt (born May 2, 1976) is an American singer and songwriter who has been the lead vocalist for Stone Temple Pilots since November 2017. He...
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she was a prima ballerina who danced the titular character Giselle by Adolphe Adam. Having met director Joss Whedon in Angel, Glau was later cast in Whedon's...
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