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Pau Casals
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Pau Casals was a Spanish cellist, conductor, and composer who lived from 1876 to 1973 and became one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. He is remembered for revolutionizing how the cello was played and performed, and for using his music as a platform for social and political causes throughout his long life.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Spain
- Active from
- 1876
- Active to
- 1973
Discography
- El Pessebre (Oratori per a veus solistes, cor i orquestra sobre el poema de Joan Alavedra)1974
- A Concert at the White House1991
- Sacred Choral Music1991
- Early Recordings 1925-19281994
- Encores1994
- Pablo Casals à Prades1996
- El Pessebre1997
- The Legendary Casals1999
- Pablo Casals im Bonner Beethoven-Haus2001
- Hall of Fame2002
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- Total plays
- 72,747
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Pau Carles Salvador Casals i Defilló (December 29, 1876 – October 22, 1973), also known as Pablo Casals, was a virtuoso Catalan cello player (and later conductor). He made many recordings throughout his career, of solo, chamber, and orchestral music, also as conductor, but Casals is best remembered for the recording of Bach's Cello Suites he made from 1936 to 1939. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Pau+Casals">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Spain
- Place of birth
- El Vendrell
- Place of death
- San Juan
- Spouse
- Marta Casals Istomin
- Sibling
- Enric Casals
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Madrid Royal Conservatory
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Student of
- Víctor Mirecki Larramat
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- cello
- Record label
- His Master's Voice
- Image
- Pablocasals (cropped 3x4).jpg
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- Commons category
- Pau Casals
- date of birth
- 1876-12-29
- date of death
- 1973-08-14
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- Pau Casals
- name in native language
- Pau Casals i Defilló
- nominated for
- Nobel Peace Prize
- topic's main category
- Category:Pablo Casals
- start of work period
- 1891-00-00
- unmarried partner
- Guilhermina Suggia
- P12674
- Vallo della Lucania
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Works in European collections
7 objects attributed to Pau Casals, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Seven variations on an aria from the opera “Die Siflöte”: Variation No. 5 and No. 6/(Mozart; Beethoven)
Seven variations on an aria from the opera “Die Siflöte”: Variation No. 1 and No. 2/(Mozart; Beethoven)
Seven variations on an aria from the opera “Die Siflöte”: Variation No. 3 and No. 4/(Mozart; Beethoven)
Seven variations on an aria from the opera “Die Siflöte”: Variation No. 7/(Mozart; Beethoven)
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Encyclopedic overview
Fritz Kreisler, Harold Bauer, Walter Damrosch and Casals, at Carnegie Hall on 13 March 1917 Pablo Casals (29 December 1876 – 22 October 1973), also known by his birth name, Pau Casals i Defilló (Catalan: [ˈpaw kəˈzalz i ðəfiˈʎo]), was a Catalan cellist, composer, and conductor, born in Spain. He made many recordings throughout his career of solo, chamber, and orchestral music, including some as conductor, but he is perhaps best remembered for the recordings he made of the Cello Suites by Bach.
Casals had an international career and traveled and performed widely. With the fall of Republican Spain to the Nationalist forces of Francisco Franco in 1939, Casals went into self-exile, refusing to return to Spain until democracy was restored. He lived in Prades, France from 1939 to 1956, and then in Ceiba, Puerto Rico from 1956 until his death in 1973.
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