Charles-Valentin Alkan

Charles-Valentin Alkan was a French composer and virtuoso pianist. At the height of his fame in the 1830s and 1840s he was, alongside his friends and colleagues Frédéric Chopin and Franz Liszt, among the leading pianists in Paris, a city in which he spent virtually his entire life.

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Who was born first?

• Charles-Valentin Alkan and George Alexander Macfarren were born the same year
• Charles-Valentin Alkan and Richard Wagner were born the same year
• Charles-Valentin Alkan and Alexander Dargomyzhsky were born the same year
• Charles-Valentin Alkan and Nikolay Ogarev were born the same year
• Charles-Valentin Alkan and Otto Jahn were born the same year

Timeline

1. Alexander DargomyzhskyFebruary 2, 1813 – January 5, 1869
2. Charles-Valentin Alkan (this page)November 30, 1813 – March 29, 1888
3. George Alexander MacfarrenMarch 2, 1813 – October 31, 1887
4. Nikolay OgarevDecember 6, 1813 – June 12, 1877
5. Otto JahnJune 16, 1813 – September 9, 1869
6. Richard WagnerMay 22, 1813 – February 13, 1883

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