Luisa Casagemas

Luisa Casagemas y Coll (b. 13 Dec 1863, d. ? after 1894) was a Spanish violinist, singer and composer. She was born in Barcelona and studied composition with Francisco Gavanch and violin with Agustin Torello. She began composing at an early age and made her debut as a composer in 1893 with a symphonic poem.[1]

Casagemas' opera Schiava e regina won a prize at the World Columbian Expostion in Chicago in 1892, and was performed before the Spanish royal family in Madrid in 1894. Afterward Casagemas sang her own compositions at the salon of novelist Emilia Pardo de Bazan, and he introduced her to musical and literary society.[2][3]

Works

Casagemas composed sacred and instrumental works and a few songs. Selected works include:

References

  1. ^ Heinrich, Adel. Organ and harpsichord music by women composers: an annotated catalog. 
  2. ^ "Casagemas, Luisa (1863 – after 1894)". http://abitofhistory.net/html/rhw/body_files/c_body.htm. Retrieved 20 January 2011. 
  3. ^ Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994) (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. http://books.google.com/books?id=IvoQQU1QL_QC&pg=PA108&dq=Luisa+Casagemas+(1863%E2%80%93after+1894)&hl=en&ei=gn82TZqrFIP78AazloitBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Luisa%20Casagemas%20(1863%E2%80%93after%201894)&f=false. Retrieved 20 January 2011.