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Price: $285.00 |
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MINT CONDITION |
ALFRED CORTOT - PIANIST |
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Autographed two page letter by the legendary Swiss-French pianist on his letterhead, to his friend, the Chopin manuscript collector and concert manager Jean van der Spek, 11 February, 1958. Cortot and van der Spek had an extremely close relationship. When in Brussels, van der Spek would place himself at Cortot’s disposal and the pianist reciprocated in helping van der Spek acquire fantastic Chopin manuscript scores, letters and the like. 11 II 58 Dear Friend, I could never forget that, several years ago, you were kind enough to let me keep a handwritten copy of Cosims’s letter to Countess Greffalbe concerning the Wagnerian performances I was directing in Paris. But the photographic reproduction of the original is obviously of importance to me and of most particular interest, and I thank you with all my heart for setting one aside for me, as a friends privilege. Kindly convey to Madame Van der Spek my greetings and respect, accept this expression of my most sincere regards. Your, Alf Cortot Cortot in 1902 was named by Cosima Wagner, Chorus Director at the Bayreuth Festspiele. He conducted the first performance of “Götterdämmerung” and an excellent group of performances “Tristan und Isolde” in Paris with Cosima’s blessing and to great acclaim in 1902. Cortot around the same period also famously accompanies soprano Felia Litvinne in the Liebestod from “Tristan und Isolde” on a G&T recording. Cortot later led a concert performance of “Parsifal” in Paris which lost a great deal of money and forced his hand off the podium and back to the keyboard. Paris was just not ready at the time!
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