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A gentle love motif by this composer is in a three-note question-and-answer form between a solo C-clarinet and the flutes and violins. This composer provided most of the music for a ballet whose grand pas de deux is danced in an underground grotto by Medora and Ali. Conrad is the title character of that ballet that uses this composer’s music and is adapted from a Byron poem. (-5[1])Act II of a ballet by this composer is a ballet blanc led by Queen Myrtha (“MEER-tuh”) and set in a (*) forest. Carlotta Grisi (10[1])premiered the title role of a ballet by this composer who ends Act I with a mad scene in which she dances herself to death (-5[1])after learning that her beloved Albrecht is already engaged. This composer’s most famous ballet features the spirits of maidens betrayed by their lovers, the Wilis (“VEE-leez”). For 10 points, name this composer of the ballets Le Corsaire and Giselle. ■END■ (0[4])

ANSWER: Adolphe Adam (“uh-DAHM”) [or Adolphe Charles Adam]
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