Ernest Cahen Explained

Birth Date:14 August 1828
Birth Place:Paris
Death Place:Paris
Occupation:Composer
Organist

Ernest Cahen (18 August 1828, Paris – 8 November 1893, Paris) was a 19th-century French pianist, organist, music teacher and composer.[1]

Life

After studying at the Conservatoire de Paris, in 1849 Cahen won the second Grand Prix de Rome for composition (the first Grand Prix wasn't awarded that year). He worked at the Merklin organ of the Grand Synagogue of Paris and at the Cavaillé-Coll organ of the Synagogue de Nazareth.[2]

Cahen composed several operettas, including Le Calfat (1858) and Le Souper de Mezzelin (1859), presented at the Théâtre des Folies-Nouvelles in Paris.

References

  1. Book: Mason, Daniel Gregory. The Art of Music: A dictionary-index of musicians. 1917. National Society of Music. New York. 75. en.
  2. Web site: Prix de Rome 1840-1849. www.musimem.com. 2019-11-27.