Charles Valentin Alkan his life and his music /

Main Author: Eddie, William Alexander.
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007.
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10211405
Table of Contents:
  • Alkan : the historical and social background
  • Apprentice works
  • Development of a personal voice
  • Etudes
  • Sonata types for piano
  • Morceaux caracteristiques
  • The esquisses
  • Arrangements and cadenzas
  • Organ and pedalier music
  • Piano and strings
  • Miscellaneous compositions
  • Stylistic dimensions
  • Reception
  • Performance practice
  • Epilogue.