Background
Faisst was born in Karlsruhe, Baden.
Faisst was born in Karlsruhe, Baden.
She studied music at the Karlsruhe Conservatory and later traveled to Berlin, then in Prussia, to study under the noted pianist Max Bruch (1838 – 1920).
After completing her studies, she worked as a pianist, music teacher and composer. During World World War II, Faisst conducted house concerts. She was a prolific composer, producing over a hundred separate works, including ballads, choral pieces and sonatas for violin and piano.
Faisst never married and died in Karlsruhe at age seventy-six.
As she had no family, her possessions were put out as trash, but some of her letters and music were rescued and preserved.