 The biographer of Chopin , Frederick Niecks , sought Alkan for his recollections in 1880 but was sternly denied access by Alkan 's concierge – " To my ... enquiry when he could be found at home , the reply was a ... decisive ' Never ' . " However , a few days later he found Alkan at Érard 's , and Niecks writes of their meeting that " his reception of me was not merely polite but most friendly . " 
 The biographer of Chopin , Frederick Niecks , sought Alkan for his recollections in 1880 but was sternly denied access by Alkan <a href='null_genetive' title='1'><mark>'s</mark></a>concierge – " To my ... enquiry when he could be found at home , the reply was a ... decisive ' Never ' . " However , a few days later he found Alkan at Érard <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>, and Niecks <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>writes</mark></a> of their meeting that " his reception of me <a href='negative_concord' title='4'><mark>was</mark></a> <a href='negative_concord' title='5'><mark>not</mark></a>merely polite but most friendly . " 
The biographer of Chopin , Frederick Niecks , sought Alkan fa his recollections in 1880 but was sternly denied access by Alkan  concierge – " To my ... enquiry when he could b found at home , the reply was a ... decisive ' Never ' . " However , a few days later he found Alkan at Érard  , and Niecks write of their meeting that " his reception of me ain't merely polite but most friendly . "