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
Conservatoire de Paris
The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...
, 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
Grand Synagogue of Paris
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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
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