Charles-Valentin Alkan
French composer and pianist (1813–1888)
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- Born
- 1813
- Died
- 1888
- Works
- 24
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- Studies
- Funeral march on the death of a parrot, for four-part chorus of mixed voices with organ or piano or woodwind acc
- The piano music of Alkan
- Quasi-caccia
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Charles-Valentin Alkan, c. 1835. Portrait by Édouard Dubufe
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 his entire life.
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