biography
| name: |
Adam, Adolphe (Charles)
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pronunciation:
[adã]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1803–56)
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| biography:
| Composer, born in Paris, France. The son of the pianist Louis Adam (1758–1848), he wrote some successful operas, such as Le Postillon de Longjumeau (1835), but is chiefly remembered for the ballet Giselle (1841). |
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