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. 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. Works Freixas composed for voice and instruments and was known for children’s songs. Selected compositions include: *La font del romaní for voice and piano *L’ametller (‘A mig aire de la serra veig un ametller florit’), for voice and piano *La barca (‘La doncella baixa al riu al trenc de l’alba’), for voice and piano *La son soneta, for voice and piano *Primaveral (‘On va el Sol de març revestit de festa?’), for voice and piano *L’ombra de Natzaret (‘Sentadeta va filant la Natsarena Maria’), for voice and piano *Dolorosa (‘Rient les penes fugen de