03280nam 22006614a 450 991095932850332120251116203416.01-351-57228-81-351-57229-61-315-09583-11-281-89367-697866118936750-7546-8404-010.4324/9781315095837 (CKB)1000000000409763(EBL)438640(OCoLC)648340383(SSID)ssj0000120185(PQKBManifestationID)11130243(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000120185(PQKBWorkID)10079885(PQKB)10507385(MiAaPQ)EBC438640(MiAaPQ)EBC5293254(Au-PeEL)EBL438640(CaPaEBR)ebr10211405(CaONFJC)MIL189367(OCoLC)993644657(Au-PeEL)EBL5293254(CaONFJC)MIL1027815(OCoLC)1027199226(EXLCZ)99100000000040976320050912d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCharles Valentin Alkan his life and his music /William Alexander Eddie1st ed.Aldershot, Hampshire, England ;Burlington, VT Ashgatec20071 online resource (283 p.)First published 2007 by Ashgate Publishing.1-84014-260-X Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-243), list of composer's works (p. [247]-254), discography (p. [255]), and index.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."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."--Provided by publisher.PianoPerformancePianoPerformance.786.2092Eddie William Alexander1879057MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910959328503321Charles Valentin Alkan4492097UNINA