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Charles-Valentin Alkan, French pianist and composer (born 1813)

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Charles-Valentin Alkan

French composer and pianist (1813–1888)

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…
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March 29

Day of the year

March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 277 days remain until the end of the year.
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