The
Composers
Amy Marcy Cheney Beach
(1867- 1944)
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Amy
Beach and Her Chamber Music
Amy
Beach Papers
Amy
Beach and the birth of "Gaelic" Symphony
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Amy Cheney was born in Henniker, N.H. . A precocious
musical talent, she composed music at age four and at seven was performing
publicly. She made her professional debut in 1883 and soon became a soloist
with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. In 1885, Amy Cheney married Dr. H.H.A.
Beach, a well-known Boston surgeon. Afterwards, Mrs. Beach shifted her
emphasis from performance to composition, although she continued to perform
her own work.
As a composer, Beach was largely self-taught. She wrote more than 150
numbered works, and she was a much renowned song writer. |
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