Charles Valentin Alkan, happy 197th birthday!!!!! Part 1

Just a humorous little video for Alkan's 197th birthday today. Alkan fans should get it (I hope!).
I know the video will say it was posted on the 29th but I live in England, and it is the 30th here, so it counts!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• charles
• valentin
• alkan;
• happy
• birthday;
• funeral
• march
• on
• the
• death
• of
• parrot;
• piano;
• virtuoso;
• ronald
• smith;
• raymond
• lewenthal;
• jack
• gibbons;
• marc
• andre
• hamelin;
• humorous;

[f1f1s]

Tears of blissful joy come onto my eyes. Seriously.

[gsarci2011]

Why the parrot?

Oh, probably, because of the "Funeral March on the Death of a Parrot", right?

[kaki0genkin]

hahaha, Happy birthday! I shame I forgot.

[Vydeohs]

Best video on the internet.

[havenotname]

Happy birthday Alkan!

Thank you very much for this video

I forgot what day is today but you remind me of it :D

[madlovba2]

LOL :D Happy birthday Alkan! :)

[Sorcerer88]

haha, nice one! i also had prepared something for this day, but unfortunately i can't post a video. actually, i thought it was going to be the day of his death today, not birth, so i prepared his funeral march op. 39/5 :D i'm sure he would have had the humour to appreciate that. happy birthday, alkan! you are not forgotten.

[4candles]

Nice one! ;) Only three more years and it's his 200th birthday - can't wait!

Believe it or not, that's the first time I've heard the 'Happy Birthday' tune on an organ.

[kiisaka]

As-tu déjeuné, Jaco? Et de quoi? Ah!!!