Alkan: The Man, the Music, Volúmenes 1-2Kahn & Averill, 2000 - 415 páginas Alkan: lonely 19th century genius, virtuoso pianist and also composer of some of the most difficult and disturbingly powerful piano music. After a long period of neglect his piano music is being discovered by an ever-widening public and played and recorded by some of the world's leading pianists. This edition, in two parts, was originally published in two separate volumes - the first dealth with the man, and the second was devoted solely to his music. With this reprint in one volume the books have been extensively revised, with two extra appendices added, and new bibliographies and discographies included. |
Índice
Acknowledgments | 10 |
Introduction | 11 |
Prodigy | 13 |
Virtuoso | 20 |
Delaborde | 27 |
A Lost Symphony | 33 |
The Grande Sonate | 37 |
Marmontel | 41 |
The Final Years | 68 |
The Death of Alkan | 73 |
Rescue of a Lost Cause | 76 |
Personality and Appearance | 86 |
The Reluctant Virtuoso | 95 |
The Music | 103 |
Index | 113 |
Index of Alkans Works | 116 |
Recluse | 47 |
Prometheus Bound | 54 |
Les Petits Concerts | 62 |
List of Illustrations | 117 |
Familytree of Alkan Morhange | 118 |
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