Narciso Casanovas
Catalan composer, organist and Benedictine
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| Intro | Catalan composer, organist and Benedictine | |
| A.K.A. | Narcís Casanoves i Bertran | |
| A.K.A. | Narcís Casanoves i Bertran | |
| Places | Spain | |
| was | Musician Composer Organist | |
| Work field | Music | |
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| Religion: | Catholic church | |
| Instruments: | Pipe organ | |
| Birth | 17 January 1747, Sabadell, Spain | |
| Death | 1 April 1799Santa Maria de Montserrat, Spain (aged 52 years) | |
| Star sign | Capricorn | |
| Residence | Sabadell, Vallès Occidental, Àmbit metropolità de Barcelona, Catalonia |
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Narcís Casanoves or Narciso Casanovas (1747–1799) was a Spanish composer who became a Benedictine monk in 1763 at Montserrat, where he remained for the rest of his life. As well as sacred music, he wrote single-movement sonatas for the keyboard.