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:
- La font del romaní for voice & piano
- L'ametller ('A mig aire de la serra veig un ametller florit'), for voice & piano
- La barca ('La doncella baixa al riu al trenc de l'alba'), for voice & piano
- La son soneta, for voice & piano
- Primaveral ('On va el Sol de març revestit de festa?'), for voice & piano
- L'ombra de Natzaret ('Sentadeta va filant la Natsarena Maria'), for voice & piano
- Dolorosa ('Rient les penes fugen de quí les té'), for voice & piano '
- Lo filador d'or ('N'hi ha un argenter a l'Argenteria'), for voice & piano
- Ai, l'esperança ('Era una tarda serena'), for voice & piano
A collection of her children's songs in Spanish was published in 1927 titled Cancons D'Infants. Her music has been recorded and issued on CD, including: Compositores Catalanes (2009)
References
- ^ "Les cançons de Narcisa Freixas". Retrieved 10 December 2010.
- ^ Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers (Digitized online by GoogleBooks). Retrieved 4 October 2010.
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