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Alkan, Charles-Valentin Morhange
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Brief biography of the composer with discography.
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trovar.com Charles-Valentin Alkan Alkan spent his life in and around Paris and died there on 29 March 1888. Alkan was a prodigy. He entered the Paris Conservatoire at the age of six, where...Biographical data, recommended CDs, books and sheet music, bibliography, and links to biographical essays.
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Alkan, Charles-Valentin Morhange Alkan was a composer of very difficult piano music. See the Alkan Society page for more information. General Bibliography: Blume, Friedrich, with M. D. Norton (Translator) and Herter Norton (Translator...Picture, biography, works list, related composers, and recommended discography from the Classical Net Basic Repertoire List.
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Classical Net Basic Repertoire List Alkan Alkan was enrolled in the Paris Conservatory of Music, the breeding ground of many outstanding musicians and composers in the Nineteenth Century. Alkan studied composition and piano, making his debut...Biography by James F. Penrose noting his unconventional musicianship, compositional style, and life.
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The strange case of Charles Valentin Alkan by James F. Penrose The actual stuff and substance of his music 133; is of such startling oddity, such intensely personal and individual quality, shot through with an eerie, uncanny feeling that makes it...Complete discography of recordings.
http://www.nettally.com/joelhill/alkan/Index.html
Biography noting his brilliance, virtuosity, and eccentricity from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.
http://www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa...a/learning/grove.html?record=217
Sound files in MIDI format.
http://www.classicalarchives.com/main-a.html#ALKAN
Biography, works, free scores to download, recordings, and publishers.
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Alkan Charles Valentin, ACCUEIL Soyez conscient que ce site n'est ni le site web de la Socit Alkan Association Alkan ni celui de l'Alkan Society. Ce site n'est qu'une modeste contribution aux travaux de...Biography with overview of compositional and pianistic abilities, discography, works list, an essay on his "lost" symphony in b-minor, links, and bibliographic materials.
http://alkan.bluestealth.com/
MIDI audio files including Douze Études, dans les tons majeurs, Douze Etudes dans le tons mineurs, Esquisses, and Trois grandes Etudes pour le piano, plus portrait. From Kunst der Fuge.
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ON CLASSICAL. Charles Alkan. MIDI files (free download) Carols of uncertain antiquity Maier's alchemic music Medieval music Pachelbel's Fugues on the Magnificat Piano Rolls Recordings! Polish music (Carols, Psalms and Poland music) Popular music Tunes: Scottish music Irish...Brief biographical sketch, caricature, summary of piano works, and Naxos discography.
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Naxos.com, Your World of Classical Music National Sites Australia Canada China Denmark Finland France Germany Hong Kong Japan New Zealand Norway Sweden UK USA a href onclick javascript:openAboutUsWin AboutUs/AboutUs.asp onMouseOver About_button.src images/new2/to...Wikipedia article with biography and possibly apocryphal story of his death, summary of his compositional style and performing abilities, internal references, external links, and portrait photograph.
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Charles-Valentin Alkan Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia French composer and one of the greatest virtuoso pianists of his day. His compositions for solo piano are among the most fiendishly difficult ever written and are relatively rarely performed....Life, related composers, comments on his virtuosity and the difficulty of many compositions, MIDI audio samples, and photographs from the Karadar Dictionary.
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- Classical Music Dictionary Free MP3 French pianist and composer, Alkan made his debut at the age of 12 performing his own compositions and those of others. Alkan was a member of a Parisian social circle...