Adolphe Adam
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Adolphe Charles Adam 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!".
Adam's father, Louis, 1834
Adam's professor of composition, Adrien Boieldieu
Le Mal du pays, Adam's first opera, 1827
Daniel Auber
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Daniel-François-Esprit Auber was a French composer and director of the Paris Conservatoire.
Auber's father, c. 1806
Auber, c. 1830
Le Cheval de bronze, 1835