Adam, Adolphe
Adam Jean Louis, *3 December 1758 Müttersholtz (Alsace), †8 April 1848 Paris, French pianist, teacher, and composer. From 1775, he worked in Paris; between 1797 and 1842, he was a professor of piano at the Paris Conservatoire (his students included F.W.M. Kalkbrenner and L.-J.-F. Hérold). He composed two Symphonies concertantes for harp, piano and violin, chamber and solo sonatas, and piano pieces. He was mainly valued as a teacher and author of didactic works; his activity was of great importance for the development of the French piano school. He published: Méthode ou principe général du doigté pour le fortepiano (Paris 1798), Méthode novoelle pour le piano (Paris 1802), and Méthode de piano du conservatoire (Paris 1804).