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Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (September 5, 1867 – December 27, 1944) was an American composer and pianist. 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.
This is a list of compositions by the American composer Amy Beach (1867–1944), mostly issued under the ... (1925): The Singer, The Host, Song in the Hills, Op. 117/1;
Cabildo is the only opera by the American composer Amy Beach, her opus 149. This chamber opera is in one act and has a libretto by Nan Bagby Stephens. Beach composed the music in 1932 and made use of folksong and Creole tunes. [1] [2] However, the work was not performed in her lifetime and received its first performance in 1947.
Gaelic Symphony or Symphony in E minor, Op. 32 was written by Amy Marcy Cheney Beach in 1894; it was the first symphony composed and published by a female American composer. [1] The piece debuted in Boston on Friday, October 30, 1896 to "public and journalistic acclaim."
The "Scherzo" is based on Beach's song "Empress of Night", Op. 2, No. 3, originally set to a poem by her husband Henry Beach and dedicated to her mother Clara Cheney, née Marcy. Likewise, the somber third movement "Largo" is based on Beach's song "Twilight", Op. 2, No. 1, and is dedicated to her husband, whose poetry again served as the ...
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Temperatures on the beach reached the upper 80s and winds were around 12 miles per hour with gusts as high as 20 miles per hour. Days prior, cameras were up at The Jetty on Ocean Street.
Pages in category "Compositions by Amy Beach" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *