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    Alfred Denis Cortot (core-TOE; 26 September 1877 – 15 June 1962) was a French pianist, conductor, and teacher who was one of the most renowned classical...
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    The École Normale de Musique de Paris "Alfred Cortot" (ENMP) is a leading conservatoire located in Paris, Île-de-France, France. The school was founded...
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  • Cortot is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alfred Cortot (1877–1962), French pianist, conductor, and teacher Jean-Pierre Cortot (1787–1843)...
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    cites, in addition to his mentor and teacher Edwin Fischer, pianists Alfred Cortot, Wilhelm Kempff, and the conductors Bruno Walter and Wilhelm Furtwängler...
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    that Fauré fully emerged from any predecessor's shadow. The pianist Alfred Cortot said, "There are few pages in all music comparable to these." The critic...
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    by many musical figures of the 20th century, namely Yehudi Menuhin, Alfred Cortot, Nadia Boulanger, and Francis Poulenc. Constantin Lipatti (from childhood...
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    Vitya Vronsky (Vronsky & Babin), both disciples of Artur Schnabel and Alfred Cortot, and at the Aspen Music Festival with Jeaneane Dowis, former assistant...
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    performances listed in the recordings section include: 4′31″ (Casadesus), 4′35″ (Cortot), 4′40″ (Richter), 4′47″ (Gieseking), 5′10″ (Grimaud), 5′14″ (Perlemuter)...
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    Victor label). Back in Paris, Casals organized a trio with the pianist Alfred Cortot and the violinist Jacques Thibaud; they played concerts and made recordings...
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  • Conservatory (her teachers included Nadia Boulanger, Vincent d’Indy, and Alfred Cortot), Monnot made the unusual switch to composing popular music after poor...
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    recorded its first electrical Red Seal disc, twelve inch 6502 by pianist Alfred Cortot, of works by Chopin and Schubert. In 1926, Johnson sold his controlling...
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  • Littlejohn, DL). She showed early promise as a pianist and studied under Alfred Cortot at the Paris Conservatoire in the 1920s. Her musical career was cut...
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    from the original on 25 November 2023. Retrieved 25 November 2023. "Alfred Cortot". www.museumsofindia.gov.in. Archived from the original on 12 January...
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    excuse for other musicians to make slight alterations in the score. Alfred Cortot created his own orchestration of the F minor concerto and recorded it...
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    sister. Since the Conservatoire Femina-Musica had closed during the war, Alfred Cortot and Auguste Mangeot founded a new music school in Paris, which opened...
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    with Mithat Fenmen [tr], who had studied under Nadia Boulanger and Alfred Cortot. When she was seven, the Turkish parliament enacted a special law which...
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  • Leonid Kogan. A version for piano duet by the pianist and composer Alfred Cortot has been recorded several times, who also made a version for solo piano...
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    Decombes (1829–1912) studied with teachers including Frédéric Chopin. Alfred Cortot [pupils] Reynaldo Hahn Joseph Morpain Maurice Ravel [pupils] Édouard...
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  • piano recordings, with the first digital reissues of recordings by Alfred Cortot, Harold Bauer, and Percy Grainger, followed by Myra Hess, Moriz Rosenthal...
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    Bachauer graduated from the Athens Conservatory and studied under Alfred Cortot and Sergei Rachmaninoff. She is best known for playing Romantic piano...
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    Agi Jambor Agi Jambor (seated centre) with Alfred Cortot (seated to her left) and Edwin Fischer (seated to her right) in 1930 Born (1909-02-04)February...
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    (1905) she entered the Conservatoire de Paris, officially to study with Alfred Cortot although most of her instruction came from Lazare Lévy and Mme Giraud-Latarse...
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    Project Op. 10, No. 12 played by Ignaz Friedman Op. 10, No. 12 played by Alfred Cortot Op. 10, No. 12 played by Arthur Rubinstein Op. 10, No. 12 played by...
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    "Poissons d'or" from Images and "La soirée dans Grenade" from Estampes); Alfred Cortot (numerous solo pieces as well as the Violin Sonata with Jacques Thibaud...
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    Gerhart Hauptmann, 1942 Serge Lifar, 1942–43 Aristide Maillol, 1942–43 Alfred Cortot, 1942–43 Abel Bonnard, 1943 Wilhelm Kreis, 1943 Maurice de Vlaminck...
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    Ferruccio Busoni in 1915, when making piano rolls for the Duo-Art label. Alfred Cortot was the next pianist to record the complete preludes in 1926. As with...
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    Chopin's "Impromptus" and Schubert's "Litanei" performed by pianist Alfred Cortot at Victor's studios in Camden, New Jersey. A 1926 Wanamaker's ad in...
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    performers prefer to decline the invitation, some pianists such as Alfred Cortot, Sergei Rachmaninoff and Marc-André Hamelin have produced notable cadenzas...
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    Berceuse from Dolly The Berceuse, in a transcription for solo piano by Alfred Cortot Problems playing this file? See media help. Fauré wrote or revised the...
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    Érard along with other pupils of Decombes, including Reynaldo Hahn and Alfred Cortot. With the encouragement of his parents, Ravel applied for entry to France's...
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