| 词条 | Song of the Birds (book) |
| 释义 | {{other uses|Song of the Birds (disambiguation)}}{{infobox book | | name = Song of the Birds. Sayings, stories and impressions of Pablo Casals. | title_orig = | translator = | image = Songs of the birds.jpg | caption = First edition cover | author = Julian Lloyd Webber | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = United Kingdom | language = English | series = | subject = Essays, Sayings | genre = Non-fiction | publisher = Robson Books | pub_date = June 1985 | english_pub_date = | media_type = Print (Hardback) | pages = 120 pp (first edition, hardback) | isbn = 0-86051-305-X | isbn_note = (first edition, hardback) | dewey= 780 19 | congress= ML418.C4 S55 1985 | oclc= 13121669 | preceded_by = | followed_by = }} Song of the Birds is a 1985 collection of sayings, stories, and impressions of Pablo Casals made by cellist Julian Lloyd Webber. Casals was a Catalan and one of the world's most respected cellists. He was a legend in his own lifetime, one so powerful that when, in protest at Franco's regime, he began a self-imposed exile in the tiny Catalan French Pyrenean village of Prades just north of the Spanish border, the world's leading musicians refused to allow Casals' genius to remain unheard and flocked there, creating a famous festival in the heart of the mountains.{{Citation needed|date=November 2007}} Casals' sayings and witticisms were as legendary as his musical interpretations, and he was revered by the world's great statesmen and musicians alike. His amazing career spanned well over half a century: he played before Queen Victoria in 1899 and was invited by two Presidents of the United States (Theodore Roosevelt in 1904 and John F Kennedy in 1961) to play at the White House.{{Citation needed|date=November 2007}} Above all else, Casals was driven by a faith in the innate goodness of mankind. 'I am a man first, an artist second,' he declared{{Citation needed|date=November 2007}}, and in Song of the birds Julian Lloyd Webber has collected, as an act of homage, sayings, impressions and stories of the 'little Catalan maestro' which illustrate his indomitable spirit as both artist and man{{Citation needed|date=November 2007}}. {{DEFAULTSORT:Song Of The Birds}}{{essay-stub}} 2 : 1985 books|Essay collections |
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