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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%88" title="ألفريد كورتو – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ألفريد كورتو" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF_%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%88" title="الفرد کورتو – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="الفرد کورتو" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Cortot" title="Alfred Cortot – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Alfred Cortot" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Cortot" title="Alfred Cortot – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Alfred Cortot" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Cortot" title="Alfred Cortot – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Alfred Cortot" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Cortot" title="Alfred Cortot – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Alfred Cortot" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Cortot" title="Alfred Cortot – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Alfred Cortot" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%BB%CF%86%CF%81%CE%AD%CE%BD%CF%84_%CE%9A%CE%BF%CF%81%CF%84%CF%8C" title="Αλφρέντ Κορτό – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Αλφρέντ Κορτό" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Cortot" title="Alfred Cortot – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Alfred Cortot" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Cortot" title="Alfred Cortot – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Alfred Cortot" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Cortot" title="Alfred Cortot – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Alfred Cortot" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF_%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%88" title="آلفرد کورتو – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="آلفرد کورتو" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Cortot" title="Alfred Cortot – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Alfred Cortot" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%8C%ED%94%84%EB%A0%88%EB%93%9C_%EC%BD%94%EB%A5%B4%ED%86%A0" title="알프레드 코르토 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="알프레드 코르토" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%AC%D6%86%D6%80%D5%A5%D5%A4_%D4%B4%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%AB_%D4%BF%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%BF%D5%B8" title="Ալֆրեդ Դենի Կորտո – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ալֆրեդ Դենի Կորտո" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Cortot" title="Alfred Cortot – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Alfred Cortot" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Cortot" title="Alfred Cortot – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Alfred Cortot" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Cortot" title="Alfred Cortot – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Alfred Cortot" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%93_%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%98%D7%95" title="אלפרד קורטו – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אלפרד קורטו" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfredus_Cortot" title="Alfredus Cortot – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Alfredus Cortot" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz 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data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Cortot" title="Alfred Cortot – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Alfred Cortot" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Cortot" title="Alfred Cortot – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Alfred Cortot" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Cortot" title="Alfred Cortot – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Alfred Cortot" data-language-autonym="Română" 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Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Alfred Cortot" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Cortot" title="Alfred Cortot – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Alfred Cortot" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Cortot" title="Alfred Cortot – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Alfred Cortot" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a 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26 September 1877 – 15 June 1962) was a French pianist, conductor, and teacher who was one of the most renowned classical musicians of the <a href="/wiki/20th-century_classical_music" title="20th-century classical music">20th century</a>. A pianist of massive repertory, he was especially valued for his poetic insight into <a href="/wiki/Romantic_music" title="Romantic music">Romantic</a> piano works, particularly those of <a href="/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Chopin" title="Frédéric Chopin">Chopin</a>, <a href="/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Franck" title="César Franck">Franck</a>, <a href="/wiki/Camille_Saint-Sa%C3%ABns" title="Camille Saint-Saëns">Saint-Saëns</a> and <a href="/wiki/Robert_Schumann" title="Robert Schumann">Schumann</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Cooper_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cooper-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-obit_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> For <a href="/wiki/%C3%89ditions_Durand" title="Éditions Durand">Éditions Durand</a>, he edited editions of almost all piano music by Chopin, <a href="/wiki/Liszt" class="mw-redirect" title="Liszt">Liszt</a> and Schumann.<sup id="cite_ref-Cooper_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cooper-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A central figure of the French musical culture in his time, he was well known for his <a href="/wiki/Piano_trio" title="Piano trio">piano trio</a> with violinist <a href="/wiki/Jacques_Thibaud" title="Jacques Thibaud">Jacques Thibaud</a> and cellist <a href="/wiki/Pablo_Casals" title="Pablo Casals">Pablo Casals</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Cooper_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cooper-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alfred_Cortot&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_life">Early life</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alfred_Cortot&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cortot was born in <a href="/wiki/Nyon" title="Nyon">Nyon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vaud" title="Vaud">Vaud</a>, in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, to a French father and a Swiss mother. His nationality was French.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His first cousin was the composer <a href="/wiki/Edgard_Var%C3%A8se" title="Edgard Varèse">Edgard Varèse</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He studied at the <a href="/wiki/Conservatoire_de_Paris" title="Conservatoire de Paris">Paris Conservatoire</a> with <a href="/wiki/%C3%89mile_Decombes" title="Émile Decombes">Émile Decombes</a> (a student of <a href="/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Chopin" title="Frédéric Chopin">Frédéric Chopin</a>), and with <a href="/wiki/Louis_Di%C3%A9mer" title="Louis Diémer">Louis Diémer</a>, taking a <i>premier prix</i> in 1896. He made his debut at the <a href="/wiki/Concerts_Colonne" class="mw-redirect" title="Concerts Colonne">Concerts Colonne</a> in 1897, playing <a href="/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven" title="Ludwig van Beethoven">Beethoven</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Piano_Concerto_No._3_(Beethoven)" title="Piano Concerto No. 3 (Beethoven)">Piano Concerto No. 3</a>. </p><p>Between 1898 and 1901 he was a choral coach and subsequently an assistant conductor at the <a href="/wiki/Bayreuth_Festival" title="Bayreuth Festival">Bayreuth Festival</a>. In 1902 he conducted the Paris premiere of <a href="/wiki/Richard_Wagner" title="Richard Wagner">Wagner</a>'s music drama <i><a href="/wiki/G%C3%B6tterd%C3%A4mmerung" title="Götterdämmerung">Götterdämmerung</a> (</i>The Twilight of the Gods). He formed a concert society named <i>Société des Concerts</i><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to perform Wagner's <i><a href="/wiki/Parsifal" title="Parsifal">Parsifal</a></i>, Beethoven's <i><a href="/wiki/Missa_Solemnis_(Beethoven)" class="mw-redirect" title="Missa Solemnis (Beethoven)">Missa solemnis</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Johannes_Brahms" title="Johannes Brahms">Brahms</a>' <i><a href="/wiki/A_German_Requiem_(Brahms)" title="A German Requiem (Brahms)">German Requiem</a></i>, and new works by French composers.<sup id="cite_ref-Cooper_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cooper-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Career">Career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alfred_Cortot&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Calo_1910_12_10_1_8cm_BLOG.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Calo_1910_12_10_1_8cm_BLOG.jpg/220px-Calo_1910_12_10_1_8cm_BLOG.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="267" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Calo_1910_12_10_1_8cm_BLOG.jpg/330px-Calo_1910_12_10_1_8cm_BLOG.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Calo_1910_12_10_1_8cm_BLOG.jpg/440px-Calo_1910_12_10_1_8cm_BLOG.jpg 2x" data-file-width="624" data-file-height="758" /></a><figcaption>In concert with <a href="/wiki/Sp%C3%A9ranza_Calo-S%C3%A9ailles" title="Spéranza Calo-Séailles">Spéranza Calo-Séailles</a></figcaption></figure> <p>In 1905, Cortot formed a trio with <a href="/wiki/Jacques_Thibaud" title="Jacques Thibaud">Jacques Thibaud</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pablo_Casals" title="Pablo Casals">Pablo Casals</a>, which established itself as the leading piano trio of its era. In 1907, he was appointed Professor by <a href="/wiki/Gabriel_Faur%C3%A9" title="Gabriel Fauré">Gabriel Fauré</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Conservatoire_de_Paris" title="Conservatoire de Paris">Conservatoire de Paris</a>, replacing <a href="/wiki/Raoul_Pugno" title="Raoul Pugno">Raoul Pugno</a>. He continued to teach at the Paris Conservatoire until 1923, where his pupils included <a href="/wiki/Yvonne_Lef%C3%A9bure" title="Yvonne Lefébure">Yvonne Lefébure</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vlado_Perlemuter" title="Vlado Perlemuter">Vlado Perlemuter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Simone_Pl%C3%A9-Caussade" title="Simone Plé-Caussade">Simone Plé-Caussade</a>, <a href="/wiki/Magdeleine_Brard" title="Magdeleine Brard">Magdeleine Brard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marguerite_Monnot" title="Marguerite Monnot">Marguerite Monnot</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Rodica_Sutzu" title="Rodica Sutzu">Rodica Sutzu</a>. </p><p>In 1919, Cortot founded the <a href="/wiki/%C3%89cole_Normale_de_Musique_de_Paris" title="École Normale de Musique de Paris">École Normale de Musique de Paris</a>. His courses in musical interpretation were legendary. For his many notable students, <a href="/wiki/List_of_music_students_by_teacher:_C_to_F#Alfred_Cortot" title="List of music students by teacher: C to F">see here</a>. </p><p>As a leading musical figure, Cortot traveled for many international music events. The French government sponsored two promotional tours to the United States and one to the Soviet Union in 1920. He conducted several orchestras and was often called upon to provide piano accompaniment for touring artists when in Paris. He was involved in music until his health failed, and taught master classes in piano in his advanced years. </p><p>On 21 March 1925, Cortot made the world's first commercial <a href="/wiki/Electrical_recording" class="mw-redirect" title="Electrical recording">electrical recording</a> of classical music for the <a href="/wiki/Victor_Talking_Machine_Company" title="Victor Talking Machine Company">Victor Talking Machine Company</a> in <a href="/wiki/Camden,_New_Jersey" title="Camden, New Jersey">Camden, New Jersey</a>: <a href="/wiki/List_of_compositions_by_Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Chopin_by_genre#Impromptus" title="List of compositions by Frédéric Chopin by genre">Chopin's Impromptus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Schubert" class="mw-redirect" title="Schubert">Schubert</a>'s Litanei, issued on Victor's <a href="/wiki/RCA_Red_Seal" class="mw-redirect" title="RCA Red Seal">Red Seal</a> label.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alfred_Cortot&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During World War II, he accepted the position of <i>Haut-Commissaire</i> ("High Commissioner") for arts in the <a href="/wiki/Vichy_France" title="Vichy France">Vichy government</a> and served twice (1941 and 1942) as a member of the Vichy's <i>Conseil national</i> ("National Council")<sup id="cite_ref-fci_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fci-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DubalNimbus_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DubalNimbus-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-France_The_Dark_Years_1940-1944_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-France_The_Dark_Years_1940-1944-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (January 2018)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup>. However, before this he took a strong stance in defending the French music tradition with the Beaux Arts administration (Fine Arts) supporting soldiers with music.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cortot had to leave this position after <a href="/wiki/Philippe_P%C3%A9tain" title="Philippe Pétain">Pétain</a>'s appointment and exerted his energy instead into writing reports about cultural propaganda and defending French musical styles. He was charged with musical reform by the Pétain government, and the Vichy took control of musical activities. He became part of the<i> comité d'organisation professionelle de la musique (The committee for the professional organisation of music)</i> in 1942 and worked with <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Laval" title="Pierre Laval">Laval</a> and Pétain.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1941 he participated in a <i><a href="/wiki/German_military_administration_in_occupied_France_during_World_War_II" title="German military administration in occupied France during World War II">Propaganda Staffel</a></i> (Propaganda Squad) festival in Paris, and in 1942 played with <a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_Kempff" title="Wilhelm Kempff">Wilhelm Kempff</a> for Nazi artist <a href="/wiki/Arno_Breker" title="Arno Breker">Arno Breker</a>'s art exposition, later meeting with Breker at <a href="/wiki/Paul_Morand" title="Paul Morand">Paul Morand</a>'s home. <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Laval" title="Pierre Laval">Pierre Laval</a> was also present. Morand had a statue made of Cortot after his impression.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He participated in official concerts in Paris during the occupation as well as in Germany in 1942.<sup id="cite_ref-fci_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fci-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Daisy_Fancourt" title="Daisy Fancourt">Daisy Fancourt</a> writes: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r996643573">.mw-parser-output .block-indent{padding-left:3em;padding-right:0;overflow:hidden}</style><div class="block-indent">Indeed, in February 1943 Cortot had argued that musicians should not take part in the <a href="/wiki/Service_du_travail_obligatoire" title="Service du travail obligatoire">Service du travail obligatoire</a> (Compulsory work service) introduced by Hitler, as it might compromise their future musical career. He had also called for musical prisoners to be able to join German orchestras. In May 1943 he had even succeeded in liberating twenty musician prisoners. His work extended to fighting in favour of Jewish musicians, such as the Polish soprano <a href="/wiki/Marya_Freund" title="Marya Freund">Marya Freund</a>: after she was arrested in 1944 and moved to Drancy, Cortot helped to get her transferred to a hospital where she survived and escaped. Cortot was also not French, but Swiss, and claimed never to have felt the same nationalistic sentiment towards France that caused many other French musicians to flee the Nazis and emigrate to the US. He was married (although estranged) to a woman of Jewish origin, and was friends with Jewish intellectuals such as <a href="/wiki/L%C3%A9on_Blum" title="Léon Blum">Leon Blum</a>, the first Jewish Prime Minister of France.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div> <p>After the war's conclusion, Cortot was found guilty by a French government panel of <a href="/wiki/Collaboration_with_Nazi_Germany_and_Fascist_Italy" title="Collaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy">collaboration</a> with the enemy and was suspended from performing for a year.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He said in his defence, "I've given 50 years of my life to helping the French cause [...] when I was asked to become involved with the interests of my comrades, I felt I couldn't refuse. [...] I represented the interests of the French government less than the interests of France. [...] I have never been involved in politics."<sup id="cite_ref-:0_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Once the suspension expired he returned to performing more than 100 concerts a season.<sup id="cite_ref-DubalNimbus_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DubalNimbus-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Death">Death</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alfred_Cortot&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cortot died on 15 June 1962, aged 84, of <a href="/wiki/Uremia" title="Uremia">uremia</a> from <a href="/wiki/Kidney_failure" title="Kidney failure">kidney failure</a> in <a href="/wiki/Lausanne" title="Lausanne">Lausanne</a>, Switzerland.<sup id="cite_ref-obit_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-obit-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His son was the painter, <a href="/wiki/Jean_Cortot" title="Jean Cortot">Jean Cortot</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-auto_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-auto-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Contribution">Contribution</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alfred_Cortot&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Contribution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Alfred_Cortot_-_1953_-_%C5%8Ctake_Sh%C5%8Dji.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Alfred_Cortot_-_1953_-_%C5%8Ctake_Sh%C5%8Dji.png/200px-Alfred_Cortot_-_1953_-_%C5%8Ctake_Sh%C5%8Dji.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="287" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Alfred_Cortot_-_1953_-_%C5%8Ctake_Sh%C5%8Dji.png/300px-Alfred_Cortot_-_1953_-_%C5%8Ctake_Sh%C5%8Dji.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Alfred_Cortot_-_1953_-_%C5%8Ctake_Sh%C5%8Dji.png/400px-Alfred_Cortot_-_1953_-_%C5%8Ctake_Sh%C5%8Dji.png 2x" data-file-width="2450" data-file-height="3516" /></a><figcaption>Cortot in 1953, by <a href="/wiki/Sh%C5%8Dji_%C5%8Ctake" title="Shōji Ōtake">Shōji Ōtake</a></figcaption></figure> <p>As one of the most celebrated piano interpreters of Chopin, Schumann and Debussy, Cortot produced printed editions of the piano works of all three, notable for their inclusion of meticulous commentary on technical problems and matters of interpretation.<sup id="cite_ref-imslp_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-imslp-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cortot suffered from memory lapses in concert (particularly notable from the 1940s onwards) and often left wrong notes on his later records.<sup id="cite_ref-steinway_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-steinway-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When in form, however, he showed a brilliant technique that could handle almost any kind of pianism. This gift is evident in his legendary recordings of Liszt's <a href="/wiki/Piano_Sonata_(Liszt)" class="mw-redirect" title="Piano Sonata (Liszt)">Sonata in B minor</a> (the first recording ever made of the work) and <a href="/wiki/Camille_Saint-Sa%C3%ABns" title="Camille Saint-Saëns">Saint-Saëns</a>' <i>Etude en forme de valse</i>. The latter thoroughly impressed <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Horowitz" title="Vladimir Horowitz">Vladimir Horowitz</a>, who – according to Cortot – approached Cortot to learn his "secret" in performing it; Cortot, however, did not divulge it to him.<sup id="cite_ref-nysun_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nysun-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He also wrote a good deal of didactic prose, including a piano primer: <i>Rational Principles of Pianoforte Technique</i>. This book contains many finger exercises to aid in the development of various aspects of piano playing technique.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alfred_Cortot&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Cortot, Alfred, <i>La musique française de piano</i>, 1930–48<sup id="cite_ref-Cooper_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cooper-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>—, <i>Cours d'interprétation</i>, 1934 (<i>Studies in Musical Interpretation</i>, 1937)<sup id="cite_ref-Cooper_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cooper-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>—, <i>Aspects de Chopin</i>, 1949 (<i>In Search of Chopin</i>, 1951)<sup id="cite_ref-Cooper_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cooper-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>—, <i>Grundbegriffe der Klaviertechnik</i>, 1928</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alfred_Cortot&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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