Casals, Pablo. (1876–1973) & Casals Istomin, Marta. (b. 1936)
Original Photograph
Original photograph of the important Catalan cellist and composer and his wife Marta Casals, ca. 1960's. Casals is shown seated, smoking his pipe and holding the hand of his much younger wife. Color snapshot in very fine condition. 3 x 4.5 inches (7.9 x 11.7 cm).In 1957, at age 80, Casals married the 20-year-old Puerto Rican cellist Marta Montañez y Martinez. He is said to have dismissed concerns that marriage to someone 60 years his junior might be hazardous by saying, "I look at it this way: if she dies, she dies." They remained married until his death in 1973. After his death, she married pianist Eugene Istomin, and also served for ten years as the artistic director of the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. (16244)
Classical Music Unsigned Photograph