Charles Valentin Alkan was one of the most remarkable musicians and composers working in mid-19th century Paris. His dazzling piano works are only now receiving the serious attention they so richly deserve, as exemplified by this new study now available in the Arts Reading Room.
You can hear examples of Alkan's extraordinary music by searching our compact disc collection on the Library catalogue; something such as Marc Andre Hamelin's blistering performance of Alkan's Symphony for Solo Piano for instance
A beautiful new book on American artist George Bellows who created some of the most strikingly vivid and dramatic images in American painting in the early 20th century.
This new book on our open access shelves in Arts is a marvellous close-up memoir of one of the stalwarts of John Ford's acting company, a man who appeared in some of the great director's most important films.
