Adolphe Adam

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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

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Berliner	01275	7-in.	4/28/1900	Cantique de Noel	E. Francisco	Baritone vocal solo	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1283	10-in.	2/24/1902	O holy night	Herbert Goddard	Baritone vocal solo	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1283	7-in.	2/24/1902	O holy night	Herbert Goddard	Baritone vocal solo	composer
Victor	B-871	10-in.	12/23/1903	Noël	Pol Plançon	Bass vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	B-1050	10-in.	2/27/1904	Vallons de l'Hélvétie	Pol Plançon	Bass vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	C-3029	12-in.	1/23/1906	Noël	Pol Plançon	Bass vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	E-4013	8-in.	11/7/1906	Minuit Chrétiens	Edouard Le Bel	Tenor vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	B-4158	10-in.	12/27/1906	Holy night	Harry Macdonough	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-6364	10-in.	8/28/1908	Cantique de Noël	Evan Williams	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra and cello obbligato	composer
Victor	B-6610	10-in.	11/20/1908	Holy night	Evan Williams	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra and cello obbligato	composer
Victor	C-8541	12-in.	1/11/1910	Chanson militaire	Marcel Journet ; Victor Orchestra	Bass vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-9759	12-in.	1/5/1911	Roi d'Yvetot : Overture	Arthur Pryor's Band	Band	composer
Victor	B-13926	10-in.	10/8/1913	Julsang	Carsten Woll	Tenor vocal solo, with piano	lyricist, composer
Victor	B-14063	10-in.	11/12/1913	Noël	Venetian Trio (Victor Records ensemble)	Instrumental trio	composer
Victor	C-17218	12-in.	2/23/1916	Cantique de Noël	Enrico Caruso	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-18063	12-in.	7/6/1916	If I were king : Overture	Conway's Band	Band, with harp and bells	composer
Victor	C-18538	12-in.	10/10/1916	Sacred songs no. 1	Victor Mixed Chorus	Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra	composer
Victor	CVE-19124	12-in.	9/10/1925	Noël	Marcel Journet	Bass vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-19124	12-in.	1/24/1917	Cantique de Noel	Marcel Journet	Bass vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-20195	10-in.	7/3/1917	Konge for en dag	Alfred Halvorsen	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-20254	10-in.	7/26/1917	Jule nat	Alfred Halvorsen	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-20572	10-in.	9/18/1917	Jule nat	Nathalie Hansen	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	BVE-20828	10-in.	10/15/1925	O holy night	Lucy Isabelle Marsh	Female vocal solo, with mixed vocal quartet and pipe organ	composer
Victor	B-20828	10-in.	10/3/1917	O holy night	Lucy Isabelle Marsh	Female vocal solo, with organ, chimes, and mixed vocal quartet	composer
Victor	C-23971	12-in.	4/27/1920	Variations on Mozart theme 'Ah! Vous dirai-je maman'	Mabel Garrison	Soprano vocal solo, with flute and orchestra	arranger
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
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
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
Columbia (U.K.)	WL2522	10-in.	11/3/1930	Noël, minuit chrétiens	Eugène Bigot ; Paul Franz	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia (U.K.)	CL4911	10-in.	6/8/1934	Dans la sommeil...	Élie Cohen ; Pierre Deldi	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia (U.K.)	CL7153	10-in.	11/30/1939	Minuit, Chrétiens	Marcel Carivan ; Tino Rossi	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Adam, Adolphe," accessed November 24, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102788.

Adam, Adolphe. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 24, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102788.

"Adam, Adolphe." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 November 2024.