Alkan's forenames are sometimes erroneously given as Charles-Henri Valentin (or Victorin) Morhange.[8] It is possible that the use of 'Henri' may have arisen from a misunderstanding of the abbreviation "Ch." "Victorin" arose from a misprint in Kaikhosru Sorabji's essay on Alkan in his 1932 book, "Around Music". (See Alkan Society Bulletin 87, 5.)
Revue et gazette musicale, October 1837, 460–461 (in French). Reprinted as: Franz Liszt, "Revue critique: Trois morceaux dans le genre pathétique par C.-V. Alkan: Oeuvre 15, 3. livre des 12 caprices", Bulletin de la Société Alkan no. 8 (19 April 1988), 5–7, accessed 6 May 2013.
von Bülow, Hans, "C. V. Alkan: Douze études pour le piano en deux suites op. 35", Neue Berliner Musikzeitung vol. 11 no. 35, 26 August 1857 (in German). Reprinted in French translation: "Le jugement d'un contemporain", Bulletin de la Société Alkan no. 6, November 1987, 3–12, accessed 4 July 2013.
