Cortot
Britishnoun
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Listen to 1920s and ’30s recordings of the pianist Alfred Cortot, immensely respected in his day.
From New York Times ● Aug. 12, 2011
After graduating from high school he studied in Paris with Nadia Boulanger and Alfred Cortot.
From Time Magazine Archive
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They blamed the first on the breathless pat-a-pat reading of Conductor Damrosch, the second on the frigid finger tips of Pianist Cortot.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Past Masters Noteworthy noisemakers in the fine arts were a couple of oldsters: in London, Sculptor Jacob Epstein, 66; in Paris, Pianist Alfred Cortot, 69.
From Time Magazine Archive
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He sat by an open window, sipping his coffee, and imagined how Rue Cortot had looked when Monsieur Renoir ate his breakfast here more than a century before.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
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