Casals
Pablo
[pah-bloh;; Spanish pah-vlaw] /ˈpɑ bloʊ;; Spanish ˈpɑ vlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1876–1973, Spanish cellist, conductor, and composer; in France after 1936; in Puerto Rico after 1956.
Historical Examples
Mr. Casals described the effect of the whole band as moving and exciting in a high degree.
Rustic Sounds Francis Darwin
The dance p. 101which Mr. Casals—himself a Catalan—described to me, is a round dance of some complexity.
Rustic Sounds Francis Darwin
noun
Pablo (ˈpaβlo). 1876–1973, Spanish cellist and composer, noted for his interpretation of J. S. Bach’s cello suites
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