Alkan, Charles-Valentin - http://www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa/cla/learning/grove.html?record=217 Biography noting his brilliance, virtuosity, and eccentricity from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.
Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888) - http://www.naxos.com/composerinfo/18.htm Brief biographical sketch, caricature, summary of piano works, and Naxos discography.
The Strange Case of Charles Valentin Alkan - http://www.newcriterion.com/archive/11/may93/alkan.htm Biography by James F. Penrose noting his unconventional musicianship, compositional style, and life.
Charles-Valentin Alkan - http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/alkan.html Picture, biography, works list, related composers, and recommended discography from the Classical Net Basic Repertoire List.
Charles-Valentin Alkan - http://trovar.com/alkan.html Brief biography of the composer with discography.
Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813 - 1888) - http://www.karadar.it/Dictionary/alkan.html Life, related composers, comments on his virtuosity and the difficulty of many compositions, MIDI audio samples, and photographs from the Karadar Dictionary.
Charles-Valentin Alkan - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles-Valentin_Alkan Wikipedia article with biography and possibly apocryphal story of his death, summary of his compositional style and performing abilities, internal references, external links, and portrait photograph.
Charles Alkan - http://www.kunstderfuge.com/alkan.htm MIDI audio files including Douze Études, dans les tons majeurs, Douze Etudes dans le tons mineurs, Esquisses, and Trois grandes Etudes pour le piano, plus portrait. From Kunst der Fuge.
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