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Napoléon Alkan was a French composer, musician, and university teacher. Born Napoléon Alexandre Morhange in 1826, he studied at the Conservatoire de Paris under Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann, François Benoist, and Adolphe Adam. He later served as a teacher at the same institution. His brother was the composer Charles-Valentin Alkan.
Alkan received the Prix de Rome and was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour. He is recognized in the Prix De Rome collection. He spoke and wrote in French. Alkan died in 1906 and was buried at Montmartre Cemetery.
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Vinony catalogs Napoléon Alkan in its Prix de Rome collection (1,063 entries).
Vinony's link graph records 5 inbound references to Napoléon Alkan, and connects out to International Standard Book Number, Legion of Honour and counterpoint.
Vinony files it under 1826 births, 1906 deaths and 19th-century French classical composers.
Vinony links it to 4 Wikipedia language editions.
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1826
- Active to
- 1906
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 10
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Conservatoire de Paris
- Employer
- Conservatoire de Paris
- Languages spoken
- French
- Award
- Prix de Rome
- Student of
- Adolphe Adam
- Image
- Napoléon Alexandre Morhange.png
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- date of birth
- 1826-02-02
- date of death
- 1906-08-29
- name in native language
- Napoléon Alkan
- described by source
- Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron
- place of burial
- Montmartre Cemetery
- Commons category
- Napoléon Alkan
- birth name
- Napoléon Alexandre Morhange
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