Description: Adam’s fa ther Lou is taught at the Par is Con serv a to ry. Adolphe stu died un der him, Hen ry Le moine, Ben o ist, Rei cha, and Boiel dieu, and was a friend of Lou is Hér old. Adam re ceived hon or a ble men tion in the 1824 Prix de Rome com peti tion, then won the prize the fol low ing year. In his life, he wrote more than 50 op er as and 12 bal lets; one of the best known is Gi selle, ou Les Wilis (1841)
