R160.00
A letter form Thomas Mann
My opinion of Pablo Casals? I have no opinion, only profound respect and joyful admiration for a man whose art, for all its impetuousness, is allied to a rigid refusal to compromise with wrong, anything that is morally squalid or offensive to justice – and this in a way which ennobles and broadens our understanding of the artist.
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From the age of ten, Pablo Casals began each day with a walk, taking inspiration from nature. These outings were always followed by playing two Johann Sebastian Bach preludes and fugues on the piano when he returned home. It was, Casals expressed in Joys and Sorrows: Reflections by Pablo Casals as Told to Albert E. Kahn, “a rediscovery of the world of which I have the joy of being a part. It fills me with an awareness of the wonder of life, with a feeling of the incredible marvel of being a human being.” A deeply reflective man, Casals imbued his life with his own spiritual triumvirate: the wonder of nature, the music of Bach, and God. This in turn informed his art. Technically masterful, revolutionary even, his cello playing was elevated by his belief, as he defined it for Kahn, that“music [was] an affirmation of the beauty man was capable of producing.”
Published: Huchinson London
Year: 1956
Hardcover without dustjacket. In good condition. illustrated in black and white photos. Frontispiece of Casals.
Pages: 240
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| Weight | 620 g |
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