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Charles-Valentin Alkan (French: [ʃaʁl valɑ̃tɛ̃ alkɑ̃]; 30 November 1813 – 29 March 1888) was a French composer and virtuoso pianist. At the height of his fame in the 1830s and 1840s he was, alongside his friends and colleagues Frédéric Chopin and Franz Liszt , among the leading pianists in Paris, a city in which he spent virtually ...
A performer who became a hermit, Charles-Valentin Alkan wrote the most demanding piano works in history, says Malcolm Hayes.
Valentin Alkan (born Nov. 30, 1813, Paris, France—died March 29, 1888, Paris) was a French pianist-composer, a notable keyboard virtuoso, and one of the most enigmatic figures in 19th-century music.
List of compositions by Charles-Valentin Alkan. The following is a list of all the musical compositions of Charles-Valentin Alkan in order of opus number. Transcriptions are excluded from this list. All dates are publication dates except for unpublished works:
1813-1832. (0-18yo | France, Belgium & The Netherlands) Charles-Valentin Alkan was the second of the six children of Alkan Morhange, a man described as intelligent and hard-working who supported the family as a musician and private music teacher.
Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888) was a French composer and pianist, living in Paris for virtually his entire life. During the 1830s and 1840s he was considered on of the leading virtuoso pianists in the city, performing alongside his friends and colleagues Frédéric Chopin and Franz Liszt.
Charles-Valentin Alkan (30 November 1813 – 29 March 1888) was a French composer and one of the greatest virtuoso pianists of his day. His attachment to his Jewish origins is displayed both in his life and his work. [1]
Charles-Valentin Alkan. 1813-1888. * 1813-11-30 (Paris) † 1888-03-29 (Paris, 74yo) (born: Charles-Valentin Morhange) Teachers:Alkan Morhange, Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmerman, Victor Dourlen, François Benoist. Important pupils:–.
Oct 25, 2017 · A 'conservative radical' is William Alexander Eddie's description of the French virtuoso composer-pianist Charles Valentin Alkan (1813-1888). Judaic culture, the French baroque and German classicism were the main influences on Alkan's musical style, with more radical musical tendencies found in many of the Esquisses op 63.
Alkan, Charles-Valentin: Opus/Catalogue Number Op./Cat. No. Op.39 I-Catalogue Number I-Cat. No. ICA 17 Key Uses all major and minor keys (together with 12 Etudes in All the Major Keys, Op.35) Movements/Sections Mov'ts/Sec's: 12 studies: 1. Comme le vent. Prestissimamente (A minor) 2. En rhythme molossique. Risoluto (D minor) 3. Scherzo diabolico.
