Valentin Morhange Alkan, Charles A Composers Composition

Valentin Morhange Alkan, Charles A Composers Composition

Valentin Morhange

Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888) was a French Romantic composer of challenging piano music and himself a virtuoso pianist.

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- MIDI sound files and PDF printable scores of two piano works.
- Life, related composers, comments on his virtuosity and the difficulty of many compositions, MIDI audio samples, and photographs from the Karadar Dictionary.
- Brief biographical sketch, caricature, summary of piano works, and Naxos discography.
- Biography by James F. Penrose noting his unconventional musicianship, compositional style, and life.
- 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.
- Essay focusing on his musical output with discography and bibliography. Includes notes on Jewish influences.
- Biography noting his brilliance, virtuosity, and eccentricity from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.
- Biography, works, free scores to download, recordings, and publishers.
- Sound files in MIDI format.
- Biographical data, recommended CDs, books and sheet music, bibliography, and links to biographical essays.
- Complete discography of recordings.
- 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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