"Infant prodigies do not necessarily become great musicians. I have had over three thousand pupils, and I am convinced…"

"The musician's technique, in fact, should be as protean as the actor's. The best method of attaining this is by combi…"

"It seems to me that this last piece, The Poet Speaks, which is the title Schumann gave to this immortal work, should …"

"That's right. And the time when Cortot came to Vienna in 1947 remains one of my greatest pianistic memories. He came …"

"Alfred Cortot was always a controversial pianist. Some listeners revered his playing, particularly of Chopin, as the …"

"The outstanding exponent of the French school after Pugno was Alfred Cortot, a remarkable and unusual pianist. … Afte…"

"The longing for the Orient accompanies the Occidental from the cradle to the grave. When the young farmer’s wife of t…"

"... The Bible is the book through which the world of the West, even in times of the most melancholy isolation, remain…"

"It was also religious need which in the educated circles of the West provided the most powerful impetus for the study…"

"But it was Sanskrit, not Hebrew, whose pure linguistic forms were lovingly cultivated by many of the late romantics, …"