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Pablo (Pau) Casals

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Pablo (Pau) Casals , 1876-1973, Spanish virtuoso cellist and conductor. Casals is considered the greatest 20th-century master of the cello and a distinguished composer, conductor, and pianist. A prodigy, he began his concert career in 1891. In 1905 he formed a chamber trio with Jacques Thibaud (1880-1953) and Alfred Cortot. His career as a conductor began in 1919, when the Orquestra Pau Casals, Barcelona, gave its first concert. Casals gained an international reputation for brilliant expressive technique that remains unsurpassed. His superb interpretations of the Bach unaccompanied cello... Read more
Pablo (Carlos Salvador Defillo) Casals
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia orig. Pau Casals (born Dec. 29, 1876, Vendrell, Spain—died...he ultimately made his home in Puerto Rico. Pablo (Carlos Salvador Defillo) Casals Pablo (Carlos Salvador Defillo) Casals Pablo (Carlos Salvador Defillo) Casals Read more
Casals, Pablo
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Casals, Pablo (Pau, in the Catalan form) ( b Vendrell, Catalonia, 1876; d Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, 1973). Sp. cellist, conductor, composer, and pianist...US tour 1901. Thenceforward brilliant career as world's foremost cellist. Formed notable trio with Cortot and Thibaud . Founded Casals Orch., ... Read more

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Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England); 12/15/2004; 203 words ; ...JS Bach: Cello Suites Pablo Casals (HMV London, 1936-38...his long life. He was Pau (or Pablo) Casals and his emergence as...for budding cellists. Casals, eyes raptly shut, endowed...modern soloists. But Casals gave this music the... Read more
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Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England); 9/26/2005; 204 words ; ...S BACH: CELLO SUITES Pablo Casals (HMV, London, 1936-38...his long life. He was Pau (or Pablo) Casals and his emergence as...for budding cellists. Casals, eyes raptly shut, endowed...modern soloists. But Casals gave this music the... Read more
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Newspaper article from: Winnipeg Free Press; 8/9/2008; ; 132 words ; ...soloists: Marie Elisabeth Hecker and Giorgi Kharadze. A nod, too, to the grand master Pablo Casals in Ginastera's evocative Glosses of themes of Pau Casals, scored for offstage string quintet and orchestra. Georgian composer Vaja Azarashvili... Read more
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Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/27/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...at 71 Maple St., Acton, Mass. 02170. Casals He isn't Pablo Casals any more. In the resurgent ethnic assertiveness...name has been switched to the Catalan Pau Casals, a change that he would have approved...has his signature (using the form "Pau" Read more
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Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); 6/13/1996; 700+ words ; ...galleries. On Petritxol Street you'll find the gallery where Pablo Picasso and Joan Miro first exhibited their works. The...names you'd recognize in Beverly Hills or Paris - around Pau Casals, the Diagonal and Paseo de Gracia streets. But for the... Read more
City combines the romance of Old Spain, electricity of the modern world.(Originated from Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 4/15/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...galleries, book stores. The oldest gallery, Sala Pares, where Pablo Picasso and Joan Miro held exhibits, is in this area on...Mediterranean. The upscale and chi-chi shops are around Pau Casals, Diagonal and Paseo de Gracia streets. But for the artistry... Read more
Del modernismo novecentista a Moneo.(auditorios de música, España)(TT: From modernism to Moneo.)(TA: music halls, Spain)
Magazine article from: Epoca; 4/5/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...denomina linterna-impluvium) y que ha sido decorado por Pablo Palazuelo. En el resto de las plantas del edificio s...internacional. Y por último un fragmento del oratorio de Pau Casals El Pessebre, para dar entrada a la ingente masa de los... Read more

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