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ALKAN, See also:CHARLES See also:HENRI VALENTIN MORHANGE (1813-1888) , See also:French musical composer, was See also:born and died in See also:Paris. Alkan was his nom de guerre. Admitted to the See also:Conservatoire of Paris in his See also:sixth See also:year, he had a distinguished career there until 1830. He visited See also:London in 1833, after which he settled in Paris as a See also:pianoforte teacher till his See also:death. He is important as the composer of a large number of pianoforte etudes, embodying the most extravagant technical difficulties. His invention was not See also:modern enough to secure for these See also:works that See also:attention which they deserve as representing a pianoforte technique and sense of effect in some respects more advanced even than that of See also:Liszt, though lacking Liszt's See also:economy and tact.

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