Born in
Antwerp to a Belgian-Jewish banking family, Cahen 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) He died in
La Turbie. ==Sources==