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Grande Sonate 'Les Quatre âges' (Alkan)
''Grande sonate: Les quatre âges'' (French for ''Grand sonata: The Four Ages'') is a four movement sonata for piano by Charles-Valentin Alkan. The sonata's title refers to the subtitles given to each movement, portraying a man at the ages of 20, 30, 40, and 50. The work was published in 1847, dedicated to the composer's father, Alkan Morhange (who died eight years later, in 1855). The sequence of movements is unlike the typical classical piano sonata, in that they become progressively slower; after the lively ''20 ans'' (years), marked 'très vite' (very fast) and the complex ''30 ans'', subtitled ''Quasi- Faust'', and marked 'assez vite' (quite fast), ''40 ans'' is more sedate, marked 'lentement' (slowly), and ''50 ans'', dark and pessimistic in mood, is marked 'extrêmement lent' (extremely slow). Structure 20 ans The sonata opens with ''20 ans'', a quickly played piece based in D major but also with many passages in the relative minor key of B minor. The young man's 'cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Alkan may refer to: Places Iran * Alkan, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad * Alkan, Qom Turkey * Alkan, Gülşehir, in Gülşehir, Gülşehir district Given name * Alkan Chaglar (born 1981), Turkish Cypriot journalist and columnist Surname * Ahmet Alkan, Turkish economist * Alphonse Alkan (1809–1889), French printer, bibliographer, and author * Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813–1888), French composer known for his virtuosity as a pianist * Ender Alkan, Turkish footballer * Erden Alkan, Turkish actor * Erol Alkan, British DJ * Hüseyin Alkan (born 1988), Turkish Paralympian goalball player * Okan Alkan, Turkish football * Siegfried Alkan (1858–1941), German composer Other uses * Alkan Air, airline servicing northwestern Canada and Alaska See also * Alcan, Canadian mining company * Alken (other) * Alkin * Alkon (other) {{disambiguation, geo, given name, surname Turkish-language surnames Turkish masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
50 Ans - Alkan
5 (five) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. It has attained significance throughout history in part because typical humans have five digits on each hand. In mathematics 5 is the third smallest prime number, and the second super-prime. It is the first safe prime, the first good prime, the first balanced prime, and the first of three known Wilson primes. Five is the second Fermat prime and the third Mersenne prime exponent, as well as the third Catalan number, and the third Sophie Germain prime. Notably, 5 is equal to the sum of the ''only'' consecutive primes, 2 + 3, and is the only number that is part of more than one pair of twin primes, ( 3, 5) and (5, 7). It is also a sexy prime with the fifth prime number and first prime repunit, 11. Five is the third factorial prime, an alternating factorial, and an Eisenstein prime with no imaginary part and real part of the form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
