Composer
Amy Beach
American composer and pianist
1867–1944
121 works and musical collections
- Born
- 1867
- Died
- 1944
- Birthplace
- Henniker
- Place of death
- New York City
- Citizenship / historical state
- United States
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Modern
Biography
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.
She was one of the first American composers of her era to succeed without the benefit of European training, and was known as one of the most respected American composers.
She was acclaimed for piano concerts she gave, featuring her own music, in the United States and Europe.
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Life and musical career
- Teachers
- Ernst Perabo; Carl Baermann; Junius Welch Hill
- Instruments played
- piano
- Genres
- opera
- Birth name
- Amy Marcy Cheney
- Languages used
- English
- VIAF ID
- 79577359
- ISNI
- 0000000373029149
- GND ID
- 118968157
- Library of Congress ID
- n81018433
- MusicBrainz ID
- 2b7d0667-95d0-4004-930a-dcac2338a631
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Piano, Voice, Organ, Flute, Low Voice
- Genres represented
- Classical, Pop
- Source entries with composition dates
- 23
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
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Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.
| Title | Work details | Listed instruments | Sheet music |
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| Prelude and Fugue, Op.81 |
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| 3. Fairy Lullaby | See work details |
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| Canoeing | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Cradle Song of the Lonely Mother, Op.108 |
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| View sheet music |
| Elfin Tarantelle | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Four Sketches, Op 15 - In Autumn |
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| Four Sketches, Op 15 - Dreaming |
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| 2 Piano Pieces, Op.54 |
| See edition details | View sheet music |
| 1. The Year's at the Spring | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| 3. Dans des Fleurs | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Secrets | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| 1. Scottish Legend | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Summer Dreams, Op. 47 - The Brownies |
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| Summer Dreams, Op. 47 - Twilight |
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| Summer Dreams, Op. 47 - Good Night |
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| Ballade, Op.6 |
| See edition details | View sheet music |
| Piano Concerto, Op.45 |
| See edition details | View sheet music |
| Suite for Two Pianos Founded upon Old Irish Melodies, Op. 104 |
| See edition details | View sheet music |
| Summer Dreams, Op.47 |
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| Valse-Caprice, Op.4 |
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| Variations on Balkan Themes, Op.60 |
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| Twilight |
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| 1. Farewell, Summer | See work details |
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| Three Pieces, Op. 28 - Menuet Italien |
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| Gavotte in D Minor |
| See edition details | View sheet music |
| Waltz In C Major |
| See edition details | View sheet music |
| A Bit of Cairo | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Children's Album, Op.36 |
| See edition details | View sheet music |
| From Blackbird Hills, Op. 83 |
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| Hermit Thrush, Op.92 |
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| Pastorale for Woodwind Quintet |
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| 3 Pieces, Op.128 |
| See edition details | View sheet music |
| 4 Sketches, Op.15 |
| See edition details | View sheet music |
| Symphony in E minor, Op.32 'Gaelic' |
| See edition details | View sheet music |
| Violin Sonata, Op. 34 |
| See edition details | View sheet music |
| The Brownies | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| 1. Barcarolle | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Pierrot and Pierrette | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Peace I Leave With You |
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| With Prayer and Supplication |
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| 1. Minuet | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| 2. Dancing Leaves | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Children's Album, Op. 36 - Minuet |
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| View sheet music |
| Children's Album, Op. 36 - March |
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| Two Pieces, Op. 54 - Scottish Legend |
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| Two Pieces, Op. 102 - Dancing Leaves |
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| Sliding On Ice | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Amy Beach | See work details |
| View sheet music |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 79577359. Portrait: George Grantham Bain Collection, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.