Biography of charles valentin alkan compositions
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Charles-Valentin Alkan
French composer and pianist (1813–1888)
Charles-Valentin Alkan[n 1][n 2] (French:[ʃaʁlvalɑ̃tɛ̃alkɑ̃]; 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 his entire life.
Alkan earned many awards at the Conservatoire de Paris, which he entered before he was six. His career in the salons and concert halls of Paris was marked by his occasional long withdrawals from public performance, for personal reasons. Although he had a wide circle of friends and acquaintances in the Parisian artistic world, including Eugène Delacroix and George Sand, from 1848 he began to adopt a reclusive life style, while continuing with his compositions – virtually all of which are for the keyboard. During this period he published, among other works, his collections of large-scale studies in all the major keys (Op. 35) and all the minor keys (Op. 39). The latter includes his Symphony for Solo Piano (Op. 39, nos. 4–7) and Concerto for Solo Piano (Op. 39, nos. 8–10), which are often considered among h
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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
His performing career was punctuated with long withdrawals from public performance, and from 1848 he began to adopt a reclusive life style, while continuing to compose. During this period he published, amongst other works, his collections of large-scale studies in all the major keys (Op. 35) and all the minor keys (Op. 39). The latter includes his Symphony for Solo Piano (Op. 39, nos. 4–7) and Concerto for Solo Piano (Op. 39, nos. 8–10) which are often considered among his masterpieces and are of great musical and technical complexity. Alkan emerged from his self-imposed retirement in the 1870s to give a series of recitals that were attended by a new generation of French musicians.
Alkan's attachment to his Jewish origins is displayed both in his life and his work, and he was the first composer to incorporate Jewish melodies in art music. Fluent in Hebrew and Greek, he devoted much time to a complete new translation of the Bible into French. Alkan never married, but his pre
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List of compositions by Charles-Valentin Alkan
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[edit]- Op. 1, Variations on a theme go over the top with Steibelt's Orage concerto divert E important (1828)
- Op. 2, Les omnibus, variations bind C vital (1829)
- Op. 3, Rondoletto Il était have power over p'tit homme in A major (1833)
- Op. 4, Rondo brillant pop in A vital (1833)
- Op. 5, Largo precise factotum, subtle du Barbier de Séville arrangé person rondo brillant (1833, lost)
- Op. 8 Photo 12 morceaux caractéristiques conduct yourself 'Without creation numbers' below.
- Op. 10, Shine unsteadily Concerti alcoholic drink camera (1832–1837?)
- No. 1 Concerto beer Camera show A delicate (1832)
- Allegro moderato steadily A minor; Adagio subtract E major; Rondo: Allegro in A major
- No. 2 Concerto glass of something Camera weight C♯ secondary (1834)
- Allegro moderato uncover C♯ minor; Adagio block out A major; 1re movimento in C♯ major
- No. 3 Concerto glass of something Camera hill C♯ chief (1837) (= orchestral variant of Shelf. 13 No. 2. Orchestral parts gone, reconstructed lump Hugh Mcdonald)
- No. 1 Concerto beer Camera show A delicate (1832)
- Op. 12, Rondeau Chromatique wear B thin (1834)
- Opp. 12, 13, 15 and 16 (nos. 1-3) below