Alkan: The Man/The Music

Contents

• Book 1: Alkan - The Man, Acknowledgements, Introduction,
• 1. Prodigy,
• 2. Virtuoso,
• 3. Delaborde,
• 4. A Lost Symphony,
• 5. The "Grande Sonate",
• 6. Marmontel,
• 7. Recluse,
• 8. Prometheus Bound,
• 9. Les Petit Concerts,
• 10. The Final Years,
• 11. The Death of Alkan,
• 12. Rescue of a Lost Cause,
• 13. Personality and Appearance,
• 14. The Reluctant Virtuoso,
• 15. The MusicIndex, Index of Alkan's Works, List of Illustrations, Family Tree of Alkan Morhange, Book 2: Alkan - The Music, Introduction and Acknowledgements,
• 1. Early Works,
• 2. The Concerti da Camera,
• 3. The Crystallisation of Style,
• 4. The Miniatures,
• 5. The Thirty Chants,
• 6. The Grande Sonate and Sonatine,
• 7. Trois Grandes Etudes Op.76,
• 8. Douze etudes Op.35,
• 9. Douze etudes Op.39,
• 10. Miscellaneous piano music,
• 11. Transcriptions and Cadenzas,
• 12. Chamber Music,
• 13. Orchestral and Vocal Music,
• 14. Organ or Pedal-piano?
• 15. Alkan's Creative Personality