Pablo Casals, Spanish Catalan cellist and conductor

October 22, 1973 - San Juan, Puerto Rico - PAU CASALS I DEFILLO (December 29, 1876 - October 22, 1973), known during his professional career as PABLO CASALS, was a Spanish Catalan cellist and conductor. He is generally regarded as the pre-eminent cellist of the first half of the 20th century, and one of the greatest cellists of all time. He made many recordings throughout his career, of solo, chamber, and orchestral music, also as conductor, but he is perhaps best remembered for the recordings of the Bach Cello Suites he made from 1936 to 1939. Casals died in 1973 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, at the age of 96 and was buried at the Puerto Rico National Cemetery. PICTURED: Apr 15, 1970 - New York, New York, U.S. PABLO CASALS conducting an orchestra of 100 cellists during a rehearsal at Carnegie Hall. (Credit Image: (c) Lisl Steiner/KEYSTONE Pictures/ZUMA Wire/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans) (Credit Image: (c) Lisl Steiner/KEYSTONE Pictures/ZUMA Wire/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans)

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