Sight Reading Journal 2021-22
from MusicBasics4Keyboard Hosted by Darlene Dranda
Turn the dial up with more practice time on sight reading. Amaze yourself with a journal of your progress. O Holy Night by Adolphe Adam, a French composer of grand opera. Adolphe Charles Adam was a French composer, teacher and music critic. A prolific composer for the theatre, he is best known today for his ballets Giselle and Le corsaire, his operas Le postillon de Lonjumeau and Si j'étais roi and his Christmas carol "Minuit, chrétiens!". Born July 24, 1803, Paris, France—died May 3, 1856, Paris. Giselle is a romantic ballet ("ballet-pantomime") in two acts with music by Adolphe Adam. Considered a masterwork in the classical ballet performance canon, it was first performed by the Ballet du Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique at the Salle Le Peletier in Paris, France, on 28 June 1841, with Italian ballerina Carlotta Grisi as Giselle. The ballet was an unqualified triumph. Giselle became hugely popular and was staged at once across Europe, Russia, and the United States. Learn more on Wikipedia. Thank you for listening.
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