{"id":1392,"date":"2021-08-12T17:58:25","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T17:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bpo.org\/archives\/?page_id=1392"},"modified":"2021-08-12T17:58:25","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T17:58:25","slug":"letters-from-pablo-casals-to-cameron-baird","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bpo.org\/archives\/letters-from-pablo-casals-to-cameron-baird\/","title":{"rendered":"Letters from Pablo Casals to Cameron Baird"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading source=&#8221;post_title&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h4><strong>(Translated from the original French)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]8 March 1949<\/p>\n<p>Dear Mr. Baird,<\/p>\n<p>Alexander Schneider has informed me of your kind gesture.<br \/>\nI am so delighted and surprised that I can hardly dare to express<br \/>\nmy gratitude in words.<br \/>\nThe piano will be sent from Paris very soon. Thanks to you<br \/>\nI will have the companion I need for my music. I owe to you the<br \/>\njoyful inspiration and consolation it will provide.<br \/>\nI thank you with all my heart.<\/p>\n<p><dir><dir><dir>Yours truly,<\/dir><\/dir><\/dir>Pablo Casals<br \/>\nVilla Cosette<br \/>\nRoute de Ria<br \/>\nPrades, France<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<p>21 January 1951<\/p>\n<p>Dear Mr. Baird,<\/p>\n<p>Thank you very much for your letter which I find very<br \/>\ninteresting. It is wonderful that you are able to introduce Buffalo to<br \/>\nso many important works, and that you have such choruses at your<br \/>\ndisposal, something very difficult to achieve almost everywhere.<br \/>\nI understand the concerns of Mrs. Baird, but since I do not<br \/>\nbelieve in a major war, I would like to count on seeing you at our<br \/>\nnext Festival.<br \/>\nI have not yet listened to the recordings of the Bach Festival<br \/>\n&#8211; I am confident they will be appreciated in America.<br \/>\nYour piano is my dear companion &#8211; it goes without saying<br \/>\nthat every time I go near it my thoughts go to you.<br \/>\nFor you, Mrs. Baird and your children, always my best wishes.<\/p>\n<p><dir><dir><dir>Yours ever devoted,<\/dir><\/dir><\/dir>Pablo Casals<br \/>\n1, Route de Canigou<br \/>\nPrades, France[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading source=&#8221;post_title&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_text] (Translated from the original French) [\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]8 March 1949 Dear Mr. Baird, Alexander Schneider has informed me of<a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/bpo.org\/archives\/letters-from-pablo-casals-to-cameron-baird\/\" title=\"ReadLetters from Pablo Casals to Cameron Baird\">&#8230; Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":169,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1392","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bpo.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bpo.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bpo.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bpo.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/169"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bpo.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1392"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bpo.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1393,"href":"https:\/\/bpo.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1392\/revisions\/1393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bpo.org\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}