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Alkan was born Charles-Valentin Morhange on 30 November 1813 at 1 Rue de Braque in Paris to Alkan Morhange (1780–1855) and Julie Morhange, née Abraham. [9] Alkan Morhange was descended from a long-established Jewish Ashkenazic community in the region of Metz ; [ 10 ] the village of Morhange is located about 30 miles (48 km) from the city of ...
Announcement of the publication of Alkan's Grande sonate (Op. 33) and Scherzo focoso (Op. 34) by Brandus et Cie on 7 May 1848 in the Revue et gazette musicale de Paris. Grande sonate: Les quatre âges (French for Grand sonata: The Four Ages), Op. 33, is a four-movement piano sonata by Charles-Valentin Alkan. The sonata's title refers to the ...
Concerto for Solo Piano (French: Concerto pour piano seul) is a 3-movement solo piano piece written by Charles-Valentin Alkan. The pieces are part of a 12 piece cycle entitled Douze études dans tous les tons mineurs (12 Studies in the Minor Keys), published in 1857 (although it may have been written some years earlier). With sections marked ...
"Le chemin de fer" is characterized by rapidly repeating bass notes, difficult to play and exacerbated by the extreme tempo. "Le chemin de fer" (French for "the railway" or "the railroad"), Op. 27, is a programmatic étude for piano composed by Charles-Valentin Alkan in 1844, [1] frequently cited as the first musical representation of a railway.
Le festin d'Ésope (Aesop's Feast), Op. 39 No. 12, is a piano étude by Charles-Valentin Alkan.It is the final étude in the set Douze études dans tous les tons mineurs (Twelve studies in all minor keys), Op. 39, published in 1857 (although it may have been written during the previous decade).
Comme le vent (Like the wind) is the first of the Études in the minor keys, Op. 39 for solo piano by the French composer Charles-Valentin Alkan. It is in A minor. The tempo marking is prestissimamente (= 160), and the unusual 2 16 time signature further encourages a fast performance. Its continuous triplet melody evokes a tarantella, and has a ...
Charles-Valentin Alkan. The following is a list of all the musical compositions of Charles-Valentin Alkan in order of opus number. Transcriptions are excluded from this list. All dates are publication dates except for unpublished works:
En rythme molossique (In molossian rhythm) is the second of the Études in the minor keys, Op. 39 for solo piano by the French composer Charles-Valentin Alkan, published in 1846. It is in D minor. The piece is in rondo form, with two episodes, and is mostly driven by the rhythm .