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WORLD’S GREATEST CELLIST TO CLOSE ’23 ARTIST COURSE_iPABLO CASALS, SPANIARD, BEGAN STUDY OF CELLO AT NINE YEARS.IS A VERSATILE MUSICIANTalent Recognized Early—Queen of Spain Gave Him Special . Aid.When Pablo Casals, the cellist who will appear here in concert next Wednesday evening, was nine years old, 'he heal'd his violin teacher play on the ’cello—the first time he had ever heard the instrument. Enchanted by the new instrument, he resolved to study it at once, and he did.At eleven or twelve, he was already a finished musician, capable of making his own way in the world. He was sent to Barcelona to study under Garcia. There he played the organ in the churches, as did ^ach in his early youth,—of whom Casals now stands acknowledged the greatest living interpreter.Recognized Prodigy.He became, later, a violinist in the orchestra of the opera. As cellist in one of the largest cafes he was soon recognized as a prodigy and throngs of people crowded the cafe to hear him play.Queen Aids Him.Special pensions granted him by the Queen of Spain enabled him to study in Brussels. Rude treatment by the Belgians offended the pride of the lad and he left to go to Paris. His (pension was suppressed and he was 'thrown on his own resources.I After weeks of waiting he was [granted an audience as director of !Les Concerts Colonne, the most important orchesti’a in Europe. The gates of fame were opened to him and from that time on he has risen stead-jily until he is now hnown universally as the “world’s greatest ’cellist.”
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The Cornellian
Mount Vernon, Iowa, US
Fri, Feb 16, 1923
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