{"product_id":"viva-casals","title":"Viva Casals!","description":"\u003cp\u003eEvery generation has its brilliant virtuosi players who, by common\nconsent, stand that little bit apart from their contemporaries. And just\noccasionally another, greater, phenomenon appears: an artist so very special\nthat he creates an entirely new horizon for his art, an entirely new approach\nto his instrument. Such an artist was Pablo Casals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere is no musician today who has not, in some way, been touched by\nCasals. His innovations sparked a revolution and changed for ever the accepted\nlimitations of playing the cello; his teachings stand as a beacon, proud and\nresolute, for all others to follow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the wider world, his courageous stand against the fascists who had\noverrun his beloved Catalonia earned him the respect and attention of the world's\nmost renowned leaders, from the President of the United States to the Secretary\nGeneral of the United Nations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHere, then, is a portrait of Pablo Casals in his own words and the words\nof others. It's all here: his love of humanity, his wisdom, his idealism, his courage,\nhis obstinacy, the inspiration he sparked and above all - shining through the\npages like a rare and precious jewel - the overwhelming, triumphant and towering\u003ci\u003e\n\u003c\/i\u003egenius.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Biteback Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55476748943704,"sku":"9781785909887","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781785909887_64dc3fee-70f4-41ab-9803-2688e7518155.jpg?v=1777984258","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/viva-casals","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}