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Also Known As Adolphe-Charles Adam
Born July 24, 1803 • Paris • France
Died May 3, 1856 (aged 52) • Paris • France
Notable Works “Giselle”
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
Russian composer
Claude Debussy
Claude Debussy
French composer
Maurice Ravel
Maurice Ravel
French composer
Jean-Baptiste Lully, engraving by Geille after Johannot, c. 1830.
Jean-Baptiste Lully
French composer
Poulenc
Francis Poulenc
French composer
Darius Milhaud
French composer
Dukas
Paul Dukas
French composer
Arthur Honegger
Arthur Honegger
French composer
Léo Delibes
Léo Delibes
French composer
Henri Sauguet
French composer
Lalo
Édouard Lalo
French composer
Reynaldo Hahn
French composer
Jean Françaix
French composer and musician
Strozzi, Bernardo: portrait of Claudio Monteverdi
Claudio Monteverdi
Italian composer and musician
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Russian composer
Sergey Prokofiev
Sergey Prokofiev
Russian composer
Béla Bartók
Béla Bartók
Hungarian composer
Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Shostakovich
Russian composer
Aaron Copland
Aaron Copland
American composer
Thea Musgrave
Thea Musgrave
British composer

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