Henri Cohen (composer)
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Henri Cohen (21 April 1806 – 17 May 1880) was a French music theorist, composer, and numismatist of Dutch birth.
Career
Born in Amsterdam, Cohen moved with his family to Paris at a young age. He studied there with Anton Reicha (music theory and composition), François Lays (singing), and Felice Pellegrini (singing).
In 1832–34 and 1838–39 he was active as an opera composer in
Teatro Regio di Torino.[1] He was thereafter active as music teacher in Paris, including teaching at the Conservatoire de Paris, and was for a time director of the conservatory in Lille
.
Cohen's opera "l'Impératrice", was performed around 1834 in Naples, Paris, and
Cohen died in Bry-sur-Marne.[2]
Numismatics
Cohen published several works on
Romulus Augustus (49 B.C. - 476). Cohen was also curator of the numismatics collection at the Bibliothèque nationale de France
in Paris.
Selected works
- Faust and Marguerite, opera, Paris 1846[6]
- Description générale de monnaies de la république romaine (Paris, 1854)
- Guide de l'acheteur de médailles romaines et byzantines (Paris, 1876)
- Description historique des Monnaies frappées sous l'Empire romain, communément appelées Médailles impériales, 8 vols (Paris, 1859–1868)
- 2nd edition (1880–1890), available online here and here
- Guide de l'amateur de livres à vignettes du XVIII-e siècle (Paris, 1870; reprints: 1873, 1877, 1880)
References
- ^ Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Henri Cohen". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
- ^ a b c "Biographies de numismates: Henry Cohen (1806-1880)". SacraMoneta. Archived from the original on 1 January 2011. Retrieved 14 January 2009..
- ^ "Marguerite Baux" (in French). Association l'Art Lyrique Français. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ The Musical World. J. Alfredo Novello. 1876. pp. 124–.
- ^ "Henry Cohen's Work". VirtulCohen.com. Retrieved 14 January 2009..
- ^ Opera News, vol. 18, p. 6 (1953).
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