Background
He was born in 1817 and died in Metz on May 14, 1869.
He was born in 1817 and died in Metz on May 14, 1869.
He was the father of the Parisian publisher Félix Alcan. Alcan contributed to the Archives Israélites and the Revue d"Austrasie a number of poems, sonatas, and cantatas, such as Noéma (1841). Ruth, a Biblical hymn, dedicated to Carmoly (1843).
And Spartacus, a cantata performed at the public concert of the Société de l"Union des Arts, at Metz in 1852, and at Damascus, 1860.
He was a member of the Israelite consistory of Metz and one of the judges of the Tribunal of Commerce.