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If you play Bach every day, you are not so alone.

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Pablo Casals
Age: 96 †
Born: 1876
Born: December 29
Died: 1973
Died: August 14
Autobiographer
Cellist
Composer
Conductor
Music Pedagogue
Musician
University Teacher
Pau Casals Abner Defilló
Pau Casals Abner Defillo
Pau Casals
Play
Every
Bach
Alone

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I am a very simple man. I am a man first, an artist second. My first obligation is to the welfare of my fellow man. I will endeavour to meet this obligation through music, since it transcends language, politics and national boundaries.
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The only weapons I ever had were my cello and my baton.
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The truly important things in life - love, beauty, and one's own uniqueness - are constantly being overlooked.
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The greatest respect an artist can pay to music is to give it life.
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