![]() ![]() And for decades, Casals refused to perform with his cello in any country that recognized Generalissimo Francisco Franco's Fascist dictatorship. But in 1961, John F. In 1939, the Fascists won the Spanish Civil War. ![]() Long before Pete Seeger or Bono, Pablo Casals used the power of music and celebrity to advocate for freedom and peace. Today, the instrument is having a revival in the hands of Amit Peled - a cellist born 100 years after Casals. The stories that swirl around Pablo Casals's cello - now almost 300-years-old - ring with strange coincidence, doubletake cameos, and breathtaking music.ĭuring the Spanish Civil War, Casals and his cello evaded Hitler's warplanes to record the Dvorak cello concerto. ![]()
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