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
Charles Alkan - - MIDI audio files including Douze Études, dans les tons majeurs, Douze Etudes dans le tons mineurs, Esquisses, and Trois grandes Etudes pour le piano, plus portrait. From Kunst der Fuge. http://www.kunstderfuge.com/alkan.htm
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
Charles-Valentin Alkan - - Wikipedia article with biography and possibly apocryphal story of his death, summary of his compositional style and performing abilities, internal references, external links, and portrait photograph. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles-Valentin_Alkan
Charles-Valentin Alkan - - Brief biography of the composer with discography. http://trovar.com/alkan.html
Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813-1888) - - Brief biographical sketch, caricature, summary of piano works, and Naxos discography. http://www.naxos.com/composerinfo/18.htm
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.it/Dictionary/alkan.html
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
