Charles Valentin Alkan: His Life and His Music
| By: | Eddie, William Alexander, Dr |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Print ISBN: | 9781840142600 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781409493648 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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A 'conservative radical' is William Alexander Eddie's description of the French virtuoso composer-pianist Charles Valentin Alkan (1813-1888). Judaic culture, the French baroque and German classicism were the main influences on Alkan's musical style, with more radical musical tendencies found in many of the Esquisses op 63.
This comprehensive survey takes as its focus a stylistic analysis of Alkan's compositions from the apprentice works to the later 'massed style' etudes