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 and Le corsaire, his operas Le postillon de Lo
Adam in 1840, by Nicolas Eustache Maurin
Adam's father, Louis, 1834
Adam's professor of composition, Adrien Boieldieu
Le Mal du pays, Adam's first opera, 1827
François-Louis Crosnier was a French theatre manager, politician, and playwright, who used the pen name Edmond Crosnier.
Gravestone of François-Louis Crosnier and his second wife at Montmartre Cemetery
View of the exterior of Crosnier's mausoleum at Montmartre Cemetery