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

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Charles-Valentin Alkan Brief biography of the composer with discography. trovar.com/alkan.html

Alkan, Charles Henri Valentin Morhange (1813 - 1888), France Biographical data, recommended CDs, books and sheet music, bibliography, and links to biographical essays. stevenestrella.com/composers/composerfiles/alkan1888.html

Charles-Valentin Alkan Picture, biography, works list, related composers, and recommended discography from the Classical Net Basic Repertoire List. www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/alkan.html

The Strange Case of Charles Valentin Alkan Biography by James F. Penrose noting his unconventional musicianship, compositional style, and life. www.newcriterion.com/archive/11/may93/alkan.htm

Charles Valentin Alkan Complete discography of recordings. www.nettally.com/joelhill/alkan/Index.html

Alkan, Charles-Valentin Biography noting his brilliance, virtuosity, and eccentricity from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio. www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa/cla/learning/grove.html?record=217

Classical Music Archives: Alkan Sound files in MIDI format. www.classicalarchives.com/main-a.html#ALKAN

Alkan, Charles-Valentin, French Composer Biography, works, free scores to download, recordings, and publishers. alkan.assos.free.fr

Charles-Valentin Alkan Biography with overview of compositional and pianistic abilities, discography, works list, an essay on his "lost" symphony in b-minor, links, and bibliographic materials. alkan.bluestealth.com

Charles Alkan 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. www.kunstderfuge.com/alkan.htm

Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888) Brief biographical sketch, caricature, summary of piano works, and Naxos discography. www.naxos.com/../default.asp?pn=Composers&char=A&ComposerID=18

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. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles-Valentin_Alkan

Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813 - 1888) Life, related composers, comments on his virtuosity and the difficulty of many compositions, MIDI audio samples, and photographs from the Karadar Dictionary. www.karadar.it/Dictionary/alkan.html