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Charles-Valentin Alkan - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles-Valentin_Alkan
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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Classical Music Archives: Alkan - http://www.classicalarchives.com/main-a.html#ALKAN
Sound files in MIDI format. |
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Charles-Valentin Alkan - http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/alkan.html
Picture, biography, works list, related composers, and recommended discography from the Classical Net Basic Repertoire List. |
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Alkan, Charles-Valentin, French Composer - http://alkan.assos.free.fr
Biography, works, free scores to download, recordings, and publishers. |
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Charles-Valentin Alkan - http://trovar.com/alkan.html
Brief biography of the composer with discography. |
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The Strange Case of Charles Valentin Alkan - http://www.newcriterion.com/archive/11/may93/alkan.htm
Biography by James F. Penrose noting his unconventional musicianship, compositional style, and life. |
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Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888) - http://www.naxos.com/composerinfo/18.htm
Brief biographical sketch, caricature, summary of piano works, and Naxos discography. |
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Alkan, Charles Henri Valentin Morhange (1813 - 1888), France - http://stevenestrella.com/composers/composerfiles/alkan1888.html
Biographical data, recommended CDs, books and sheet music, bibliography, and links to biographical essays. |
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Alkan, Charles-Valentin - http://www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa/cla/learning/grove.html?record=217
Biography noting his brilliance, virtuosity, and eccentricity from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio. |
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Charles Alkan - http://www.kunstderfuge.com/alkan.htm
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. |