Casals, Pablo

A celebrated twentieth-century Spanish cellist ( see cello ). After Francisco Franco came to power in Spain , Casals went into exile in France and later moved to Puerto Rico . He gave a famous performance at the White House in 1961.

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“They never asked Pablo Casals when he was going to retire,” she would say.

Rachel Sage, Phil Ochs, Paul McCartney, Patti Smith, Play it as it Lays, Pablo Casals of course.

Considered in this light Pablo Casals and his 'cello, perhaps, most closely comply with the requirements of the definition.

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