- Amy Beach - Wikipedia
She was the first successful American female composer of large-scale art music Her "Gaelic" Symphony, premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1896, was the first symphony composed and published by an American woman
- Amy Marcy Beach | Composer, Pianist, Feminist | Britannica
Amy Marcy Beach was an American pianist and composer known for her Piano Concerto (1900) and her Gaelic Symphony (1894), the first symphony by an American woman composer
- Amy Beach (1867–1944): Biography, Music - Chamber Music Society
Beach continued a self-propelled musical education, and her stature as a composer grew She became the first woman to have a symphony performed by a US orchestra; numerous commissions followed, placing her among the top rank of American composers
- Amy Beach (1867-1944): Notes on Her Life and Works
Overview Amy Marcy Cheney Beach was a pioneering American composer and pianist and is widely celebrated as the first successful American female composer of large-scale art music Her life and career mark a significant milestone in American classical music Key Highlights A Child Prodigy: Born Amy Marcy Cheney in New Hampshire, she displayed extraordinary musical talent from a very young age
- Beach, Amy Cheney (1867–1944) - Encyclopedia. com
During the last 14 years of her life, Beach composed a considerable amount of music, though only two works—her first and only opera Cabildo, op 149 (1932), and the Piano Trio, op 150 (1939)—are considered especially noteworthy
- Women Composing: Amy Beach
Amy Beach was the first prominent American woman composer She was born Amy Marcy Cheney in Henniker, New Hampshire, and quickly showed an aptitude for music, singing on pitch when she was two, beginning piano at four, and composing at the same age
- Music of American Composer Amy Beach - Amaranth Publishing
Amy Beach composed a symphony and concerto, also songs, chamber, choral and solo piano music She composed some three hundred works, almost all published and performed Long a hero to women composers, she died 1944 in New York City at the age of 77
- AMY BEACH (1867-1944) | Celebrating the composer Amy Beach, 1867-1944
This site is dedicated to providing in-depth information about the great American composer and pianist Amy Beach, and for celebrating her remarkable life and achievements
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