Narcisa Freixas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Narcisa Freixas

composer

Date of Birth: 13-Dec-1859

Place of Birth: Sabadell, Catalonia, Spain

Date of Death: 20-Dec-1926

Profession: composer, pedagogue, music pedagogue

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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.