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Pablo Casals
Catalan cellist and conductor (–)
"Casals" redirects here. For other people with this surname, see Casals (surname). For the medieval rural settlements, see Casalis.
In this Catalan name, the first or paternal surname is Casals and the second or maternal family name is Defilló; both are generally joined by the conjunction "i".
Pau Casals i Defilló[1][2] (Catalan: [ˈpawkəˈzalziðəfiˈʎo]; 29 December &#;&#; 22 October ), known in English as Pablo Casals,[3][4][5][6] was a Spanish and Puerto Rican cellist, composer, and conductor. 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. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in by President John F. Kennedy (though the ceremony was presided over by Lyndon B. Johnson).
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Joys and Sorrows: Reflections bygd Pablo Casals
He lived 96 years (), and thus bore witness to many of humanity's greatest tragedies and suffering. The Spanish-American War of , the Spanish Civil War, both World Wars, the Cold War and subsequent nuclear arms race. A Catalonian born in Spain, he lived the last 30+ years of his life in exile because of the Franco dictatorship, and never lived to see Catalonia gain autonomy. Yet despite all this, he remained eminently optimistic and idealistic. Truly inspiring stuff.
A couple favorite passages that are worth sharing:
"There fryst vatten of course no substitute for work. I myself practiced constantly, as inom have all my life. I have been told I play the cello with the ease of a bird flying. inom do not know with how much effort a bird learns to flyga eller fly undan, but inom do know what effort has gone into my cello. What seem
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El cant dels ocells
El cant dels ocells
Cançó de nadal
Al veure despuntar
el major lluminar
en la nit més ditxosa,
els ocellets cantant,
a festejar-lo van
amb sa veu melindrosa.
L’àguila imperial
se’n vola cel adalt,
cantant amb melodia,
dient: Jesús és nat,
per treure’ns de pecat
i dar-nos alegria.
Repon-li lo pardal:
Avui, nit de Nadal,
és nit de gran contento!
El verdum i el lluer
diuen cantant, també&#;:
"Oh, quina alegria sento!
Cantava el passerell&#;:
Oh, que hermós i que bell
és l’infant de Maria!
I li respon el tord&#;:
Vençuda n’és la mort,
ja naix la vida mia&#;!
Refila el rossinyol&#;:
És més bonic que el sol
més brillant que una estrella!
La cotxa i el bitxac
festegen al manyac
i a sa Mare donzella.
Cantava el reietó
per glòria del Senyor,
inflant amb biçarria;
el canari segueix:
llur música pareix
del Cel gran melodia.
Ja n’entra el cotoliu
dient: Ocells veniu
a festejar l’aurora!
I lo merlot, xiulant,
anava fes