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Cortot

British  
/ kɔrto /

noun

  1. Alfred (alfrɛd). 1877–1962, French pianist, born in Switzerland

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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 her divorce in 1931, she toured England and France with Pianist Alfred Cortot.

From Time Magazine Archive

Madame Lubin is now in a collaborators' concentration camp near Bordeaux; Lifar and Cortot are under house arrest.

From Time Magazine Archive

One of the most ingratiating of all chamber-music compositions, Schubert's Trio, in a previous recording by Cortot, Thibaud and Casals, was once a sensational bestseller, today is out of print.

From Time Magazine Archive

Cortot has gone so far as to declare that he recognizes the stage as one used by a now out-of-business minor moviemaker with whom Cortot had various dealings several decades ago.”

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick

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