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“Les sonorités de ces premiers arpèges doivent sourdre du clavier ainsi”

“Les sonorités de ces premiers arpèges doivent sourdre du clavier ainsi qu’un bruissement de fusées liquides échevelées par la brise, et ici, tout au moins, à l’imitation aussi suggestive que possible des enchevêtrements de poussières d’eau qui tracent au travers des cyprès et sur les dalles du célèbre jardin padouan les mille dessins de leurs capricieuses arabesques. Rien dans le toucher n’y doit éveiller l’idée de la percussion. Ce ne sont que cascades d’effleurements auxquelles l’articulation des doigts n’a de part à prendre qu’autant qu’elle en favorise la transparente exécution, immatérialisée par l’emploi simultané des deux pédales.”

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Alfred Cortot: Citations en anglais

“Russian students? you ask. Yes, we have white Russians but not the Soviets. They have a wonderful school of their own which has produced superb musicians such as Sviatoslav Richter, Oistrakh, and Rostropovich. Those Russians that we have here chose freedom, but their Slavic temperament manifests itself just the same, and they have a marked talent for music.”

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in "Visit with Alfred Cortot" by Alexander Kosloff, Music Educators Journal (Feb.-Mar., 1962)

“It seems to me that this last piece, The Poet Speaks, which is the title Schumann gave to this immortal work, should be a transition into a kind of intimate reverie. It is not just about making a beautiful sound and expressive phrasing. You also need to create a sense of dreaming. The truth is, you need to dream this piece, rather than play it.
Will you allow me to take your place? These two phrases are not connected. They are two different elements… of the same musical state. Here, like a question… And here again, another, tenderly asking the way. And from this moment, you should convey the music not just through the notes but through some kind of inspiration drawn from its immortal spirit. Now the sonorities should fade away…grow fainter and dimmer…and you are left simply in the presence of a reminiscent dream.”

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Alfred Cortot: Master Class on Schumann Kinderszenen (1953) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNUNNNNj_Qw

“Infant prodigies do not necessarily become great musicians. I have had over three thousand pupils, and I am convinced that the proficiency which some display is no more than a manifestation of dexterity and an extraordinary natural imitative faculty of children.”

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"Do Infant Prodigies Become Great Musicians?", Music & Letters (Apr., 1935)

“The musician's technique, in fact, should be as protean as the actor's. The best method of attaining this is by combining the qualities of the artist and the technician. To do this it is essential, that in addition to concentrating upon musical technique, one should keep in touch with the other arts. They provide that general culture to the musician without which he will never become a great artist.”

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"Do Infant Prodigies Become Great Musicians?", Music & Letters (Apr., 1935)

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