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Adolphe Adam

1803 - 1856

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adolphe Adam has received more than 493,066 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Adolphe Adam is the 104th most popular composer (up from 110th in 2019), the 479th most popular biography from France (down from 459th in 2019) and the 18th most popular French Composer.

Adolphe Adam is most famous for writing the music for the ballet "Giselle."

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  • 490k

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  • 68.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Adolphe Adam ranks 104 out of 1,451. Before him are Léo Delibes, John Cage, Arvo Pärt, Jacopo Peri, Francis Poulenc, and Zoltán Kodály. After him are Paul Hindemith, Heinrich Schütz, Manuel de Falla, Carlo Gesualdo, Giacomo Meyerbeer, and Giulio Caccini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1803, Adolphe Adam ranks 6. Before him are Hector Berlioz, Christian Doppler, Prosper Mérimée, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Justus von Liebig. After him are Maria Anna of Savoy, Albrecht von Roon, Charles Lucien Bonaparte, Gottfried Semper, Flora Tristan, and Fyodor Tyutchev. Among people deceased in 1856, Adolphe Adam ranks 5. Before him are Robert Schumann, Heinrich Heine, Amedeo Avogadro, and Max Stirner. After him are Nikolai Lobachevsky, Paul Delaroche, Ivan Paskevich, Étienne Cabet, Ľudovít Štúr, 11th Dalai Lama, and Théodore Chassériau.

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In France

Among people born in France, Adolphe Adam ranks 479 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Biot (1774), Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636), Alfred de Musset (1810), Ambroise Paré (1510), Yves Klein (1928), and Charles-Henri Sanson (1739). After him are Pierre Richard (1934), Carus (230), Patrick Modiano (1945), Genevieve (423), Jean Arp (1886), and Jacques Delors (1925).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Adolphe Adam ranks 18. Before him are Josquin des Prez (1450), François Couperin (1668), Olivier Messiaen (1908), Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1645), Léo Delibes (1836), and Francis Poulenc (1899). After him are Arthur Honegger (1892), Daniel Auber (1782), Maurice Jarre (1924), Pérotin (1160), Marin Marais (1656), and Édouard Lalo (1823).

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