MUSIC FOR CONCERT CHOIR & CARILLON
[In Preparation]
PAU
[5 Minutes] Difficulty: IV
(A Capella SATB)
Pablo (Pau) Casals was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963 by President John F. Kennedy. In October 1971, two months before his 95th birthday, and a year before he passed, Casals was awarded the United Nations Peace Medal presented by Secretary-General U Thant. Casals’s profound dedication to humanitarian values was a fundamental axiom of his being. In 1917, he refused to play in Soviet Russia, and in 1933, he was an outspoken opponent of fascism, refusing to play in Hitler’s Germany. In 1946, Pablo Casals announced his retirement from public performances in protest of the Allied countries who tolerated General Franco’s regime. He returned to making music publicly in 1950. We recognize cellist, conductor, and composer Pablo Casals as a gifted musician who stood up against authoritarian regimes.
The thematic elements honoring Pablo Casals are based on the dates of his lifespan: 1876 – 1973, 1 = C, 8 = octave above, 7 = B-natural, 6 = A, 1 – C, 9 = the D octave above, 7 – the B-natural, and 3 = E. In addition, taken from his name, Pablo Casals, the vowels are represented in pitches: A, B, C, A, S (si = B), A, and S. The text highlights Casals’s writings.
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