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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 graduating from high school he studied in Paris with Nadia Boulanger and Alfred Cortot.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

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

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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