He was born in Nancy, France, the younger brother of Eduard Constantin Lewy, who also became a horn player.
[1][2][3] About 1818 his brother obtained for him a position as a viola and horn player in the orchestra in Basel.
Recommended by Peter Josef von Lindpaintner, he became in 1819 a horn player in the Court Orchestra of Stuttgart.
[1][2][3] In the 1830s he made concert tours in Germany, France, England, Sweden and Russia.
[1][2][3] He composed works for horn and piano, including a set of twelve studies.