Cortot, Alfred - Autograph Manuscripts (Various Options)

Album page from his 'Album Amicorum' signed by him and inscribed to madame Lydia Pierre Fournier, wife of the renowned cellist Pierre Fournier (1906-1986), on a sheet from his “Album Amicorum”. Size is 4.4 x 6.7 inches, overall rust tone, in very good condition.Below Cortot's inscription, there are two lines in blue ink signed by Friedrich Gulda (1930-2000), who inscribes a second dedication to Madame Fournier

Autograph letter in French (sold untranslated) signed by him and dated 1937, to a friend. Size is 5.3 x 8.4 inches, 1 page, letterhead, in very good condition. Envelope is included.

ALSO INCLUDED is an unsigned photograph of him next to his wife and others, ink-stamped on verso by photographer Grassi (Siena, ITA). Size is 9.3 x 7.1 inches, in excellent condition.

Autograph letter in French signed by him, dated in 1958, sent to the Fournier family, complimenting Pierre Fournier's son Jean-Pierre, and mentioning some of his future professional plans. Size is 5.8 x 8.2 inches, 2 written pages in one sheet (front and back), sold untranslated, in very good condition.

Group of seven important letters in French (untranslated): four autograph signed and three typed signed, dated between 1916 and 1944, by the Swiss pianist and composer. Letters are addressed to the editor Karl Boès-Potier (1864-1940) and others, concerning private matters, recordings with Pathé, Cortot’s support of cultural activities during the two wars. We report two extracts as a sample:

“…M. le Sous-secrétaire d’État ne doute pas que votre initiative ne soit de nature à resserrer plus étroitement, au lendemain de la guerre, les liens qui existeront entre les artistes et écrivains français et leurs confrères italiens…” ; “…nous venons, hélas dépauvré trop cruellement l’haneu de pareils moment pour ne pas mantenir à notre tous très surcèlement et très amicalement près de vous deux…”.

ALSO INCLUDED is an autograph letter signed by Clotilde Beard (Cortot's wife), dated December 15, 1934.

Set of two autograph letters in French signed by him, dated in 1905, to an unknown recipient. Each one is four written pages in one folio, size is 4.25 x 8.3 inches each, in excellent condition.

SOLD TOGETHER, NOT SOLD SEPARATELY.

Autograph letter in French signed by him, with letterhead, dated in 1950. Size is 5.3 x 8.25 inches, in excellent condition.

ALSO INCLUDED is a copy of a typed letter, an envelope, and a 4-page printed essay in French titled 'Attitude of the Interpreter'.