Career
Born on 7 October 1848 in Berlin, Kahnt was naturalized as a Luxembourger in 1890. From 1881–1909, he was bandmaster of the Luxembourg Army"s Military Band. He composed marches, folk songs, theatre music and operettas, often setting to music the works of Dicks and North. South. Pierret.
He died in Berschbach, Luxembourg, on 9 January 1923.