Albert Cahen
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Albert Cahen
(b Paris, 8 Jan 1846; d Cap d′Ail, 23 Feb 1903). French composer. One of Franck's first pupils, he wrote principally for the voice in a rich, melodic style, his best-known works being the opera Le vénitien (1890) and the song collection Marines (c 1878).
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Albert Cahen
For the French Olympic fencer, see Albert Cahen (fencer).
Albert Cahen d'Anvers (8 January 1846, Antwerp – 27 February 1903, La Turbie) was a French composer best known for light opera. He was a pupil of César Franck (composition) and Mme. Szarvady (pianoforte). He enjoyed access to the elite social circles of his day, and made himself known to the musical world with the following compositions:
- Jean le Précurseur, a Biblical poem (1874)
- Le Bois, a comic opera (1880, Paris)
- Endymion, a mythological poem (1883, Paris)
- La Belle au Bois Dormant, a fairy operetta (1886, Geneva)
- Le Vénitien, a four-act opera (1890, Rouen)
- Fleur des Neiges, ballet (1891)
- La Femme de Claude, a three-act lyric drama (1896, Paris)
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Isidore Singer and Isaac Broydé (1901–1906). "Cahen, Albert". Jewish Encyclopedia. http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=20&letter=C.
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