| Pablo Casals AKA Pau Carlos Salvador Defillo de Casals Born: 29-Dec-1876
Birthplace: Vendrell, Spain
Died: 22-Oct-1973
Location of death: Río Piedras, Puerto Rico
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Cementiri del Vendrell, Tarragona, Spain
Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Cellist, Conductor Nationality: Spain
Executive summary: Spanish cellist and conductor Discovered by Isaac Alb�niz playing in a cafe. Father: Carlos de Casals (church organist)
Mother: Pilar Defillo
Girlfriend: Guilhermina Suggia (cellist, cohabited 1907-13)
Wife: Susan Metcalfe (socialite, m. 1914, sep. 1920, div.)
Wife: Francesca Vidal de Capdevila (m. 1955, d. 1955)
Wife: Marta Angélica Montañez y Martinez (his pupil, m. 3-Apr-1957, until his death)
Teacher: Paris Conservatory (1897)
Presidential Medal of Freedom 1963
Puerto Rican Ancestry Maternal
Author of books:
Joys and Sorrows; Reflections (1973, memoir)
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