Clara Pasvolsky (born 21 August (2 September) 1889, Pavlograd, Russian Empire — died 29 February 1976, California, USA) was a Russian contralto singer.
Early life edit
Clara Pasvolsky was born in Jewish family in Pavlograd, Russian Empire.[1] Her family moved to the United States in 1905. Her brother, Leo Pasvolsky, became a journalist and an economist, and later an important figure in the formation of the United Nations.[2][3] Another brother, Valentine Pasvolsky, was a recognized expert on numismatics.[4]
Career edit
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As a young woman, from about 1909 to 1913, Pasvolsky directed the play room at the University Settlement house in New York.[5] She had her first New York recital in 1917.[6] Soon after, she was part of a benefit concert and show for Russian refugee and war relief.[7] Pasvolsky gave a concert of Russian songs at the Aeolian Hall in New York in 1918.[8] That same year, she performed with her mentor, baritone Alexis Rienzi, in a program of all Russian songs.[9] In 1920 she performed in Santa Ana, California,[10] and joined William Butler Yeats, Ariadna Roumanova, Olga Steeb, and other artists and musicians in Los Angeles,[11] to celebrate the birthday of King Albert of Belgium.[12] She wore a Russian dress on stage, and presented works by both well-known and lesser-known Russian composers.[13] "Miss Pasvolsky is of the type which we immediately connect with our experience of the Russian 'temperament' at its most musical," noted the Los Angeles Times in 1920.[14]
She made a recording in 1919 for the Victor Talking Machine Company.[15]
She changed her name from Clara to Carla by 1942, and used the married name Sattler.[16] She lived in Long Beach, California and remained active and interested in the arts. Carla Sattler loaned an "antique Russian samovar" to the Musical Arts Club in Long Beach in 1948,[17] and joined a Long Beach committee to bring the Metropolitan Opera Company to Los Angeles in 1949.[18]
Personal life edit
Clara Pasvolsky married August Sattler, a chemist, 31 August 1927 in New York. Carla Sattler was listed as a survivor in her brother Leo Pasvolsky's 1953 obituary.[19] August died 9 April 1940.
References edit
- ^ "Pasvolsky Career, Plans and Notices" Musical Courier (December 6, 1917): 46-47.
- ^ "Clara Pasvolsky, Contralto" Musical Courier (November 22, 1917): 31.
- ^ Leo Pasvolsky Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress.
- ^ "Valentine Pasvolsky, Ex-Engineer, Nationally Recognized Numismatist" Asbury Park Press (July 3, 1980): 25. via Newspapers.com
- ^ University Settlement House of New York, Report for 1910 (1911): 5.
- ^ Untitled music news item, The Sun (March 25, 1917): 31. via Newspapers.com
- ^ Advertisement, Evening World (April 11, 1917): 15. via Newspapers.com
- ^ "Clara Pasvolsky in Russian Songs" New York Times (March 19, 1918): 9.
- ^ "Alexis Rienzi in Recital" Musical America (November 23, 1918): 47.
- ^ "Music Association Program Delightful" Santa Ana Register (December 1, 1920): 5. via Newspapers.com
- ^ "Beckers in Los Angeles" Musical America (April 10, 1920): 36.
- ^ "To Celebrate King Albert's Birthday" Los Angeles Herald (April 2, 1920): A-8. via California Digital Newspaper Collection
- ^ "Sings Russian Songs" New York Herald (March 19, 1918): 7. via Newspapers.com
- ^ Jeanne Redman, "Slavic Artists Visitors Here" Los Angeles Times (February 8, 1920): 31. via Newspapers.com
- ^ Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Clara Pasvolsky (vocalist : soprano vocal)", accessed April 8, 2018.
- ^ "Ex-Czar General to Speak on Soviet War Next Tuesday" Long Beach Independent (November 22, 1942): 22. via Newspapers.com
- ^ "Musical Arts Club Opens" Long Beach Independent (October 21, 1948): 17. via Newspapers.com
- ^ "Committee at Beach City Will Support Visit of 'Met' Opera" Los Angeles Times (April 10, 1949): 85. via Newspapers.com
- ^ "Dr. Leo Pasvolsky of U. N. Fame Dead" New York Times (May 7, 1953): 31. via ProQuest.
