[Letter from Pablo Casals to Susan Metcalfe, At sea (S.S. Byron)]
Date
1904-05-14
Date approximate?
yes
Creator
Casals, Pablo, 1876-1973
Subject headings
Casals, Pablo, 1876-1973
Description
Salutation: My adored one (now "tu"). Casals misses Metcalfe very much and takes pleasure in recalling their time together, from the moment he first heard her name to their meeting in Baltimore, their trip to New York, and his visit to her home in New Rochelle. He addresses her as his darling Susite. He reports that after five days of quiet seas, the ocean has become rough, but he has not been sick. He has a single cabin, and Bauer has the one next to his, "no doubt the best on the ship." He has met some passengers but prefers to be alone. He is practicing cello three hours each day and reading a novel. He looks at her photos often but does not show them to anyone; she should receive some photos of him soon. Signed: Pablo. Postscript: "After putting this letter in the envelope, I began playing the piano, my favorite by Boellmann - and En sourdine and about this latter piece (written full of love for you) I open this letter again to beg you once again not to sing it before strangers - it is an intimate message which must not be revealed."
Type
text
Original format
correspondence
Original publisher
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
Language
fr
Contributing institution
Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries
Source collection
MSS246 Susan Metcalfe Letters, 1902 - 1922
Series/grouping
1: Letters To/From Pablo Casals
Box
1
Folder
4: Pablo Casals to Susan Metcalfe, At sea (S.S. Byron), 14 May [1904]
