Adam, ADOLPHE CHARLES

Adam, ADOLPHE CHARLES, musical composer, was born in Paris on July 24, 1803, and died in 1856. He was professor of Composition in the Paris Conservatoire from 1848, and also contributed considerably to the newspapers. His best works are his comic operas, among which the chief is the Postillon de Longjumeau, produced in 1835, which still keeps the stage as a popular work. He was the successor to the style of Boieldieu, but the frequent triviality of his music marks a stage of the decline of French comic opera to the lower level of opera-bouffe.