Alkan Essay focusing on the composer's music with discography and bibliography. Includes notes on Jewish influence in his music. http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/ssmythe/alkan.htm

Charles-Valentin Alkan Brief biography of the composer with discography. http://trovar.com/alkan.html

Alkan, Charles Henri Valentin Morhange (1813 - 1888), France Biographical data, recommended CDs, books and sheet music, bibliography, and links to biographical essays. http://stevenestrella.com/composers/composerfiles/alkan1888.html

Charles-Valentin Alkan Picture, biography, works list, related composers, and recommended discography from the Classical Net Basic Repertoire List. http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/alkan.html

Alkan, Charles Valentin MIDI sound files and PDF printable scores of two piano works. http://www.composermusic.com/search/composer/Alkan.htm

The Strange Case of Charles Valentin Alkan Biography by James F. Penrose noting his unconventional musicianship, compositional style, and life. http://www.newcriterion.com/archive/11/may93/alkan.htm

Charles Valentin Alkan Complete discography of recordings. http://www.nettally.com/joelhill/alkan/Index.html

Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813 - 1888) Life, related composers, comments on his virtuosity and the difficulty of many compositions, MIDI audio samples, and photographs from the Karadar Dictionary. http://www.karadar.net/Dictionary/alkan.html

Alkan, Charles-Valentin Biography noting his brilliance, virtuosity, and eccentricity from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio. http://www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa/cla/learning/grove.html?record=217

Classical Music Archives: Alkan Sound files in MIDI format. http://www.classicalarchives.com/main-a.html#ALKAN

Alkan, Charles-Valentin, French Composer Biography, works, free scores to download, recordings, and publishers. http://alkan.assos.free.fr

Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888) Brief biographical sketch, caricature, summary of piano works, and Naxos biography. http://www.naxos.com/composer/btm.asp?fullname=Alkan,%20Charles-Valentin

The Alkan Site Website all about the life of 19th century French-Jewish pianist and composer Charles -Valentin Alkan. http://alkan.bluestealth.com/

Agrell, Johan Joachim Biography noting compositional and violinist skills, style of works, and countries in which he worked from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio. http://www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa/cla/learning/grove.html?record=124