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

Life

After studying at the

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, in 1849 Cahen won the second Grand

Prix de Rome The Prix de Rome () or Grand Prix de Rome was a French scholarship for arts students, initially for painters and sculptors, that was established in 1663 during the reign of Louis XIV of France. Winners were awarded a bursary that allowed them t ...

for composition (the first Grand Prix wasn't awarded that year). He worked at the Merklin organ of the

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and at the Cavaillé-Coll organ of the Synagogue de Nazareth. Cahen composed several operettas, including ''Le Calfat'' (1858) and ''Le Souper de Mezzelin'' (1859), presented at the Théâtre des Folies-Nouvelles in Paris.

References

French male classical composers French operetta composers Conservatoire de Paris alumni Prix de Rome for composition Musicians from Paris French classical organists French male organists 1828 births 1893 deaths 19th-century French male musicians Male classical organists 19th-century organists {{France-music-bio-stub