MUSICIAN

Alfred Cortot

1877 - 1962

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Alfred Denis Cortot ( kor-TOH, French: [alfʁɛd dəni kɔʁto]; 26 September 1877 – 15 June 1962) was a French pianist, conductor, and teacher who was one of the most renowned classical musicians of the 20th century. A pianist of massive repertory, he was especially valued for his poetic insight into Romantic piano works, particularly those of Chopin, Franck, Saint-Saëns and Schumann. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfred Cortot has received more than 317,727 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Alfred Cortot is the 160th most popular musician (up from 194th in 2019), the 84th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 92nd in 2019) and the most popular Swiss Musician.

Alfred Cortot was a French pianist and teacher. He was most famous for his interpretations of Chopin's music.

Memorability Metrics

  • 320k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 63.10

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.26

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Alfred Cortot ranks 160 out of 3,175. Before him are James Last, James Hetfield, Don Shirley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Giya Kancheli, and Keith Jarrett. After him are Leslie Cheung, Karl Thomas Mozart, Charles-Valentin Alkan, Joseph Joachim, Chick Corea, and George Martin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Alfred Cortot ranks 19. Before him are Raoul Dufy, Kees van Dongen, Said Nursî, Gabriele Münter, Kārlis Ulmanis, and Maurice Halbwachs. After him are Edgar Cayce, Arthur Cecil Pigou, Enrico De Nicola, Oswald Avery, Karl Abraham, and Mykola Leontovych. Among people deceased in 1962, Alfred Cortot ranks 27. Before him are Michael Curtiz, Natalia Goncharova, Shunroku Hata, Therese Neumann, Hans-Jürgen von Arnim, and Charles Laughton. After him are Bruno Walter, Joseph Berchtold, Hans Lammers, Ronald Fisher, Ivan Meštrović, and Jacques Ibert.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Alfred Cortot ranks 84 out of 1,015. Before him are Friedrich Miescher (1844), Johann Ludwig Burckhardt (1784), Félix Vallotton (1865), Kurt Wüthrich (1938), Max Frisch (1911), and Heinrich Wölfflin (1864). After him are Humbert I, Count of Savoy (980), Johann Jakob Bachofen (1815), Roger Federer (1981), Mario Botta (1943), Jean Tinguely (1925), and Gianni Infantino (1970).

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Among MUSICIANS In Switzerland

Among musicians born in Switzerland, Alfred Cortot ranks 1. After him are DJ BoBo (1968), Edwin Fischer (1886), Robert Miles (1969), Aurèle Nicolet (1926), Patrick Moraz (1948), George Gruntz (1932), Urs Bühler (1971), Emmanuel Pahud (1970), DJ Antoine (1975), Daniel Löble (1973), and Thomas Gabriel Fischer (1963).

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