Edouard Kann (born February 28, 1857) was a French composer and musician.
Biography
Edouard Kann was born into a
Jewish
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family in Paris, France, the son of a prominent banker. He received his musical education under
Massenet
Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet (; 12 May 1842 – 13 August 1912) was a French composer of the Romantic era best known for his operas, of which he wrote more than thirty. The two most frequently staged are ''Manon'' (1884) and ''Werther'' ...
for composition and
A. Duvernoy for piano.
In 1895, he produced the oratorio ''Ruth'' at the of
Lyon
Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...
s. This was followed by the two-act opera ''Gaitanne'', which appeared at the Théâtre des Arts de
Rouen
Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine in northern France. It is the prefecture of the Regions of France, region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and the Departments of France, department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one of ...
in 1898 and the Théâtre Royal de
Gand
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in 1900, and the one-act comic opera ''Maritorne'', produced by the Théâtre de
St-Malo
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The walled city had a long history of piracy, earning much wealth from local extortion and overseas adventures. In 1944, the Alli ...
. In the years following these works, Kann brought out several musical compositions, including ''Le Baptême du printemps!'', ''Syrinx'', and ''Lion Amoureux''.
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References
1857 births
19th-century French composers
19th-century French Jews
French male classical composers
Jewish opera composers
French Romantic composers
Musicians from Paris
19th-century French male musicians
19th-century classical pianists
Year of death missing
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