Isabel Güell i López

Isabel María Francisca de Paula Luisa Clementina Güell y López (Barcelona, November 23, 1872 - Barcelona, May 8, 1956), Marquess of Castelldosrius, was a Spanish composer of religious works, as well as a pianist and organist. She composed approximately 34 works.

Early life and education Isabel María Francisca de Paula Luisa Clementina Güell y López was born in Barcelona on November 23, 1872. Her mother was Isabel López Bru, born in Cuba (daughter of the first Marquess of Comillas, Antonio López y López); her father was Eusebi Güell, first Count of Güell. Isabel had a cousin, Sister Eulalia Anzizu.

She began her studies with Josep García Robles, composer of her father's court. She studied with her aunt, Josefa Bacigalupi, and later studied piano and organ in Barcelona and Paris.

Her main dedication was charity and benevolence, as befitted a woman of her social class in that era.

Personal life Isabel's father, a patron of Antoni Gaudí, commissioned works such as the Palau Güell and Park Güell.

From 1939 onwards, she devoted herself to her grandchildren, giving them music and French lessons. She died in Barcelona on May 8, 1956, and was buried in the family pantheon of Dosrius (Mataró).

Selected works

Amunt! (1889). Lyrics: Ramón Picó Campamar Gavota (1890). Dedicated to Enriqueta Goletti. La llar (1890). Dedicated to her son Félix de Sentmenat y Güell. Lyrics: Ramón Picó Campanar Sanctus (1892) Ave María (ed. Londres 1894). Lyrics: Ramón Picó Campanar Minuet [(1894)] Letanías de la Virgen (1896) Serenata [(1896)] Pater Noster (1897) Cant del sometent (1898). Lyrics: Eulalia Anzizu Rima (1898). Lyrics: Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer Te Deum (1898) Offerimus tibi Domine (1899) Psallite Deo nostro (1899) Ecce lignum (1905) Corpus Christi (1911). Lyrics: Ramón Picó Campanar Jesús als noys (1911) Pregaria al Sagrat Cor de Jesús (1911Lyrics Balada (1912). Dedicated to Melchor Rodríguez de Alcántara. Lyrics: Joan Roís de Corella Barcarola "Lo que diu una cançó" (1912). Lyrics: Miguel Costa y Llobera Domine Dominus noster (1913) La rosa marcida (1915). Dedicated to the choir of the Institut de Cultura Popular per a la Dona. Lyrics: Jacint Verdaguer Sacris solemnis (1915) Tantum ergo (1915) Cançó trista (1916). Lyrics: Apeles Mestres Stabat Mater (1917) Jubilate Deo omnis terra, Psalmo XCIX (1918) Benedictus. Lyrics: Isabel López Bru Comunión Douce espérance. Dedicated to María Cristina de Habsburgo, queen regent Misa Misa en honor de San Eusebio O salutaris Pulchra est, et decora

Discography CD, Compositores catalanas. Generación modernista. María Teresa Garrigosa (soprano) and Heidrun Bergander (piano). La mano de guido. Dip.leg. B-45.116-2008.