Moyse Alcan

Moyse Alcan was a French Jewish poet and publisher.

Career

Born in Verdun, Alcan was the father of the Parisian publisher Félix Alcan. He was a member of the Israelite consistory of Metz and one of the judges of the Tribunal of Commerce. Alcan contributed to the Archives Israélites and the Revue d'Austrasie a number of poems, sonnets, and libretti of cantatas, such as Noéma ; Ruth, and Spartacus, a cantata performed at a public concert of the Société de l'Union des Arts at Metz in 1852 and at Damascus, 1860.
He died in Metz.