Pablo Casals : cellist for freedom / Aylesa Forsee.
| Author/creator | Forsee, Aylesa |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Thomas Y. Crowell Company, [1965] |
| Description | 229 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Questions about a future -- Befriended by a count and a queen -- False moves -- Palaces, coal mines, and concert halls -- Tours in many lands -- Crossroads -- Surrounded yet alone -- A bout with a conductor -- Orquestra Pau Casals -- Friendships regained -- Shadows and reverses -- Honors at home and abroad -- Bombardment and losses -- Living with danger -- Almost a prisoner -- A muted cello -- Exile -- Celebrities on the doorstep -- A guide to the summits -- Uprooted once more -- A wonder to hear -- New friends -- Crusader for peace -- Great artist, great man, great friend. |
| Abstract | In 1876 in the Catalan village of Vendrell, not far from Barcelona, there was born a man whose genius as a musician and devotion to the ideals of democracy have made him a legend in his own time. The great Spanish cellist Pablo Casals, a voluntary exile from his own country, has become an ambassador of freedom to the whole world. This book explores the story of Casals' life: as a child playing the broomstick cello his musician father made for him, as a brilliant student and protege of Spain's queen regent, his years as concert artist and conductor, his career through wars--and a terrible revolution in his homeland--to the triumphant culmination of his career at Prades and in Puerto Rico. Throughout his life Casals has been artist, composer, conductor, teacher, but he has never permitted his devotion to music to insulate him from his fellow men. As an exile in France he worked constantly in behalf of the refugees from Franco. He has played for kings and presidents--and refused to play when his conscience told him an artist must use his silence to protest injustice. |
| Bibliography note | Bibliography: page 224. |
| LCCN | 65014900 |
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