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 Naples, with some of his works premiering under the name "Carlo Coen". In 1841 his opera Antonio Foscarini premiered successfully at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, prompting a revival the following year at the 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 London.[2] Moreover, he published four tracts about musical theory.[2] On his advice as singing tutor, Marguerite Baux made her début in February 1876 as Rachel in La Juive, although initially she had been expected to sing Marguerite in Gounod's Faust.[3][4]
Cohen published several works on numismatics during his lifetime. His Guide de l'amateur des livres à vignettes du XVIII Siècle went through four editions and is considered the standard bibliography of French 18th century illustrated books.[5] He is perhaps best known for his two fundamental works on ancient numismatics: the first, published in 1854, dealt with the Roman Republican coinage, while the second, issued in eight volumes from 1859 to 1868, focused on the coinage of the Roman Empire, from Pompey to Romulus Augustus (49 B.C. - 476). Cohen was also curator of the numismatics collection at the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris.
henri, cohen, composer, henri, cohen, april, 1806, 1880, french, music, theorist, composer, numismatist, dutch, birth, portrait, henry, cohen, marcellin, desboutin, contents, career, numismatics, selected, works, referencescareer, editborn, amsterdam, cohen, m. Henri Cohen 21 April 1806 17 May 1880 was a French music theorist composer and numismatist of Dutch birth Portrait of Henry Cohen by Marcellin Desboutin Contents 1 Career 2 Numismatics 3 Selected works 4 ReferencesCareer editBorn in Amsterdam Cohen moved with his family to Paris at a young age He studied there with Anton Reicha music theory and composition Francois Lays singing and Felice Pellegrini singing In 1832 34 and 1838 39 he was active as an opera composer in Naples with some of his works premiering under the name Carlo Coen In 1841 his opera Antonio Foscarini premiered successfully at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna prompting a revival the following year at the 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 Imperatrice was performed around 1834 in Naples Paris and London 2 Moreover he published four tracts about musical theory 2 On his advice as singing tutor Marguerite Baux made her debut in February 1876 as Rachel in La Juive although initially she had been expected to sing Marguerite in Gounod s Faust 3 4 Cohen died in Bry sur Marne 2 Numismatics editCohen published several works on numismatics during his lifetime His Guide de l amateur des livres a vignettes du XVIII Siecle went through four editions and is considered the standard bibliography of French 18th century illustrated books 5 He is perhaps best known for his two fundamental works on ancient numismatics the first published in 1854 dealt with the Roman Republican coinage while the second issued in eight volumes from 1859 to 1868 focused on the coinage of the Roman Empire from Pompey to Romulus Augustus 49 B C 476 Cohen was also curator of the numismatics collection at the Bibliotheque nationale de France in Paris Selected works editFaust and Marguerite opera Paris 1846 6 Description generale de monnaies de la republique romaine Paris 1854 Guide de l acheteur de medailles romaines et byzantines Paris 1876 Description historique des Monnaies frappees sous l Empire romain communement appelees Medailles imperiales 8 vols Paris 1859 1868 2nd edition 1880 1890 available online here and here Guide de l amateur de livres a vignettes du XVIII e siecle Paris 1870 reprints 1873 1877 1880 References edit 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 Francais 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 nbsp This article about a French composer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Henri Cohen composer amp oldid 1218352822, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
