Talk:Alfred Cortot

message: I have shortened this section, and tried to limit it to facts supported by references. 
I deleted the phrase "Cortot ... had to compromise with the Vichy regime" because (1) there is no reference to support the statement that Cortot 'had to' (i.e. was obliged to) compromise with Vichy; and (2) Cortot accepted positions in the Vichy government, which would appear to go beyond 'compromising' with Vichy.
I deleted the short description of the Vichy Conseil National - it is better that this is explained in its own entry. (The description in the French wikipedia is actually better than that in the English).
I have also deleted a number of phrases which seek to provide possible explanations for Cortot's activities in WW2, but which are without references - e.g. 'they may have arisen from nothing more than his lifelong championship of Teutonic musical culture'.
I have deleted (because not supported by references) the sentences - "his wife, Clothilde Breal, daughter of the linguist Michel Breal, was of Jewish origin, and Clothilde Breal's cousin Lise Bloch was married to Léon Blum, the first Jew to become President du Conseil or Prime Minister in France. Cortot and the Blums maintained a close friendship." I also cannot understand the relevance of this. Blum was a strong opponent of Vichy, he was arrested and tried by Vichy on trumped up charges; he was handed over to the Germans and from 1942 to the end of the war he was held in Nazi concentration camps. 
Gwedi elwch (talk) 01:18, 14 January 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: Do you believe that final paragraph to be untrue? If you believe it is all or mostly correct, why not just find references and/or tag  rather than delete it? It seems relevant to me. This is a matter of ongoing bewilderment, discussion and dismay 75 years later. It is highly relevant to Cortot's biography.  SPECIFICO talk 01:35, 14 January 2018 (UTC)

text: But is that text trying to make a point? I just read it as presenting some of the disturbing circumstances surrounding his behavior.  SPECIFICO talk 02:17, 14 January 2018 (UTC)

text: I would only add that there is no assessment of the value of Daisy's views. Why is she quoted as if an authority? 2A00:23C6:AA10:4501:5896:59B6:4BFE:42A1 (talk) 20:41, 30 January 2024 (UTC)
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message: Was Emile Descombes a pupil of Chopin? Cortot doesn't list him in his discussion of Chopin's pupils (Cortot 1951, 27-9), and he's not mentioned in Eigeldinger's Chopin: pianist and teacher as seen by his pupils. DanLW 10:34, 7 November 2005 (UTC)
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