Download or read book Charles Valentin Alkan written by William Alexander Eddie and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2007 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive survey takes as its focus a stylistic analysis of the music of the French composer and virtuoso pianist Charles Valentin Alkan (1813-1888). There is also consideration of Alkan the performer, and on issues of performance practice in relation to his music, and on its reception history. Useful appendices provide a guide to archival sources for further research, a list of works and a basic discography.