A polylogue of musical collaboration (as exemplified by Ch.-V. Alkan’s second set оf transcriptions Souvenirs de concerts du conservatoire)

Creative individuality of the French virtuoso pianist Charles Valentin Alkan (1813–1888) was formed as a result of the extreme degree of introversion. Based on the example of the composer’s transcript art an attempt is made to present musical collaboration as a phenomenal stream of infinite revival of ideas, which involved musicians, writers, performers of different epochs and styles.