Charles Valentin Alkan

Zusatztext 'This musicological tour de force! whose brilliance at times resembles Alkanian prestidigitation! makes a persuasive case for the (re-)instatement of Alkan as a key figure in the development of nineteenth- and indeed twentieth-century music. All serious musicians! and not just pianophiles! will find themselves deeply in Eddie's debt.' Conor Farrington! Times Literary Supplement Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Judaic culture, the French baroque and German classicism were the main influences on the musical style of the French virtuoso composer-pianist, Charles Valentin Alkan. Including an investigation of Alkan's reception history, this book focuses on the analysis of Alkan's compositions from the apprentice works to the later 'massed style' etudes. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Preface; 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 pédalier music; Piano and strings; Miscellaneous compositions; Reception; Performance practice; Epilogue; Notes to chapters; Bibliography; Archival sources; List of works; A basic Alkan discography; Indexes.

'This musicological tour de force, whose brilliance at times resembles Alkanian prestidigitation, makes a persuasive case for the (re-)instatement of Alkan as a key figure in the development of nineteenth- and indeed twentieth-century music. All serious musicians, and not just pianophiles, will find themselves deeply in Eddie's debt.' Conor Farrington, Times Literary Supplement

Autorentext
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.

Klappentext
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.

Zusammenfassung
Judaic culture, the French baroque and German classicism were the main influences on the musical style of the French virtuoso composer-pianist, Charles Valentin Alkan. Including an investigation of Alkan's reception history, this book focuses on the analysis of Alkan's compositions from the apprentice works to the later 'massed style' etudes.

Inhalt
Contents: Preface; 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 pédalier music; Piano and strings; Miscellaneous compositions; Reception; Performance practice; Epilogue; Notes to chapters; Bibliography; Archival sources; List of works; A basic Alkan discography; Indexes.

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