Charles-Valentin Alkan (November 30 1813-March 29 1888) was a French composer and one of the greatest virtuoso pianists of his day. His compositions for solo piano include some of the most difficult ever written, and performers who can master them are few and far between. His attachment to his Jewish origins is displayed both in his life and his work. Wikipedia
Be aware that this web site is not the one of the French Socit Alkan / Association Alkan nor of the Alkan Society . This is a humble contribution to their works. alkan.assos.free.fr/alkan/04_partitions_en.html
Sadly, despite the extraordinary quality of so much of Alkans music, Alkans career failed to blossom as it deserved and eventually his work began to slip into obscurity even during his own lifetime. www.jackgibbons.com/alkanmyths.htm
Even before his death on Holy Thursday, 1888, Alkan had fallen into the unremitting obscurity from which he is only now beginning to emerge. www.newcriterion.com/archive/11/may93/alkan.htm
Télécharger gratuitement les Scores pour Piano de Chares-Valentin Alkan. Download Chares-Valentin Alkan's Piano scores piano.francais.free.fr/alkan/04_partitions_en.html
The definitive Wikipedia entry for Charles-Valentin Alkan. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles-Valentin_Alkan
Alkan J.S. Bach Beethoven Brahms Byrd Chopin Couperin Debussy Haydn Haendel Liszt Mendelssohn Mozart Rachmaninov Satie Scarlatti Schubert Schumann Tchaikovsky De Victoria All composers... www.kunstderfuge.com/alkan.htm
The conventional wisdom is to refer to the eccentric Alkan as 'an enigma', but perhaps he had his reasons for his behaviour.... www.smerus.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/alkan.htm
