Charles Valentin Alkan
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advanced piano A(C)tudes
Air De Ballet
Alkan's Compositions
Alkan's Op
Alkan's Performance
Alkan’s Compositions
Alkan’s Op
Alkan’s Performance
Allegro Barbaro
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Beethoven's Seventh Symphony
Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony
Broken Chord Figuration
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Chopin
Chromatic Sideslip
Concerto Da Camera
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Erard Piano
Flat Major Op
French Romantic music
historical reception of Alkan works
Jewish composers France
La France Musicale
Le Chemin De Fer
Le Festin
Left Hand Octave
Les Mois
Melodic Chromaticisms
nineteenth-century piano repertoire
Pedal Board
Pedal Piano
Petit Concerts
Plagal Cadence
Pleyel Pianos
Prix De Rome
Rondo Theme
stylistic analysis musicology
virtuoso performance practice
Product details
- ISBN 9781840142600
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 21 Jun 2007
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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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; the latter are of considerable length and pianistic difficulty. There is also consideration of Alkan's achievements as pianist and teacher, and the sections on performance practice in Alkan will be of interest to pianists today. A full investigation of Alkan's reception history is also included and useful appendices provide a guide to further archival research. A list of works and basic discography complete this new study of an important French composer.
William Alexander Eddie is an Associate Lecturer in Music for The Open University and for Edinburgh University (Continuing Education). He is a pianist and accompanist and is Senior Examiner in Music for London College of Music.
