Susan Scott (Metcalfe) Casals (1878 - 1959)

Born 1878 in Florence, Italy

Ancestors

Wife of Pau Casals i Defilló — married 4 Apr 1914 (to 1928) in New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York, USA

Died 1959 at about age 81 in New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York, United States of America

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Biography

Susan Scott Metcalfe was an American mezzo-soprano who married Pablo Casals, the cellist.^[1]

Susan Scott Metcalfe was born in 1878 in Florence, Italy, where her father practiced medicine. She was the daughter of Dr. Frank J. Metcalfe and Helene Rochat.^[2][3][4]

Miss Metcalfe attended conservatories in Italy and France. She was a mezzo-soprano singer known in the United States and Europe. She met the cellist Pablo Casals about 1904 on one of her concert tours. They married April 4, 1914, in a civil ceremony before the large open fireplace of the Supreme Court of Judge Martin J. Keogh on Pelham Road in New Rochelle, Westchester County, New York, USA. Judge Keogh was Susan's neighbor; she participated in his New Rochelle forum and sang in a recital for a forum meeting a few weeks before her wedding. This was his first time officiating a marriage, as civil marriages were more common in Europe than America at the time. Witnesses to the marriage included Susan's brother Louis Metcalfe, her mother, her sister Helen (Metcalfe) Kobbe and Helen's husband Herman Kobbe. The marriage certificate was then approved by the Spanish Consul in Manhattan.^[5][4]

Susan Metcalfe Casals continued to tour as a singer. She gave a joint concert with Pablo Casals and a small orchestra from the New York Symphony Society on Saturday afternoon, January 8, 1915, at Aeolian Hall in midtown Manhattan, New York. It was her first appearance in America in several years.^[6][7][8][9] She appeared at the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore, Maryland, January 21, 1915.^[10][11] They appeared at Aeolian Hall again Saturday, April 8, 1916.^[12][13] Mrs. Casals gave a concert for the benefit of the European fund with her sister Mrs. Herman Kobbe in the Stockbridge Casino in Massachusetts Friday, September 1916.^[14] She appeared at Aeolian Hall Thursday, December 7, 1916.^[15] They gave a joint concert Monday, January 8, 1917, at Irem Temple in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania.^[16]

She passed away in 1959.^[17]

Sources

1. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Susan Metcalfe Casals," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Metcalfe_Casals (accessed February 4, 2017).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSPW-3ZN : accessed 4 February 2017), Susan S Metcalfe in household of Louis R Metcalfe, New Rochelle City Ward 2, Westchester, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 94, sheet 7B, family 131, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,176.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M544-ZHM : accessed 4 February 2017), Susan F Metcalfe in household of Ellen R Metcalfe, New Rochelle Ward 2, Westchester, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 83, sheet 13A, family 222, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1091; FHL microfilm 1,375,104.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2MT-GQSP : 10 February 2016), Pablo Casals and Susan Metcalfe, 02 Apr 1914; citing county clerk’s office, Westchester, New York, United States; FHL microfilm 1,287,197.
5. ↑ "Miss Metcalfe Wed to Pablo Casals." New-York Tribune Sunday, April 5, 1914, page 11. Newspapers.com.
6. ↑ "Mr. and Mrs. Casals." The New York Times (New York, New York), Sunday, 9 Jan 1916, page 9.
7. ↑ "A Calendar of Concerts." The New York Times (New York, New York), Sunday, 26 Dec 1915, page 77. Newspapers.com.
8. ↑ "Musical Comment." Brooklyn Life (Brooklyn, New York), Saturday, 1 Jan 1916, page 22. Newspapers.com.
9. ↑ "Pablo Casals in Joint Recital with His Wife." The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York), Sunday, 26 Dec 1915, page 42. Newspapers.com.
10. ↑ "Mrs. Casals to Be Heard at Peabody." The Evening Sun (Baltimore, Maryland), Saturday, 15 Jan 1916, page 3. Newspapers.com.
11. ↑ "Peabody Recitals Announced." The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, Maryland), Friday, 15 Oct 1915, page 5. Newspapers.com.
12. ↑ "Casals Concert Has Features of Interest." The Sun (New York, New York), Sunday, 9 Apr 1916, page 11. Newspapers.com.
13. ↑ "Mr. and Mrs. Casals in Recital." The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York), Sunday, 2 Apr 1916, page 70. Newspapers.com.
14. ↑ "Stockbridge." The Berkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Massachusetts), Friday, 29 Sep 1916, page 22. Newspapers.com.
15. ↑ "Concerts, Recitals, Notes of Music." New York Herald (New York, New York), Sunday, 3 Dec 1916, page 29. Newspapers.com.
16. ↑ "Announce Program for Big Concert." Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, The Evening News (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania), Friday, 5 Jan 1917, page 3. Newspapers.com.
17. ↑ A source for this information is needed.

• "New York Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JJ2Y-H2P : 6 December 2014), Susan S. Metcalfe, 09 Jun 1911; citing departure port Liverpool, arrival port New York, ship name Mauretania, NARA microfilm publication T715 and M237 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24FK-XW9 : 2 October 2015), Susan Metcalfe Casals, 1930; citing Immigration, New York, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

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