Narcisa Freixas

Narcisa Freixas i Cruells (13 December 1859 – 20 December 1926) was a Catalan sculptor, painter and composer. She was born in Sabadell, Barcelona, the daughter of Pere Freixas Sabater, and first studied painting and sculpture with Modest Urgell i de Torcuato Tasso. However, she developed an interest in music and began the study of piano with Juan Bautista Pujol. She married Miquel Petit, a doctor who died soon afterward, and also lost her daughter at a young age.[1]

After 1900 Freixas published collections of Catalan songs and nursery rhymes, and helped foster musical education for school children in Barcelona. She died in Barcelona in 1926.[2]

Works

Freixas composed for voice and instruments and was known for children's songs. Selected compositions include:

A collection of her children's songs in Spanish was published in 1927 titled Cancons D'Infants.

Discography

References

  1. "Les cançons de Narcisa Freixas". Retrieved 10 December 2010.
  2. Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  3. La ma de guido, ed. (19 May 2014). "Compositores Catalanes" (PDF).
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