Amy Beach
1867 - 1944
Amy Beach was one of the first important women composers in America. She was known not only as a virtuoso pianist, making her debut with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at age sixteen, but she was also the first American woman to compose successfully in large forms. By the end of her life she had written about three hundred compositions in all genres, and was dubbed, "Dean of American Women Composers." For further information, visit Linda Plaut, ed.
Works in Our Catalog:
494-02571 - Barcarolle492-00095 - Chambered Nautilus
492-00095A - Chambered Nautilus (Choral Score)
490-01065 - Children's Album, No. 1, op. 36
490-01064 - Children's Carnival, Op. 25, 1-6
492-00096 - Festival Jubilate, Op. 17
494-02599 - Five Pieces for Cello and Piano
494-02572 - Lento Espressivo, Op. 125
490-01066 - Music for Piano, Volume 1
490-01067 - Music for Piano, Volume 2
494-02570 - Music for Violin and Piano
494-02638 - Pastorale for Woodwind Quintet, Op. 151
490-01128 - Piano Concerto Op. 45
494-02613 - Piano Trio Op. 150
494-02626 - Quintet for Piano and Strings, Op. 67
490-01068 - Sketches
494-02573 - Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 34
490-01130 - Suite for Two Pianos Founded upon Old Irish Melodies, Op. 104
492-00097 - The Sea Fairies
494-02639 - Theme and Variations, op. 80
490-01129 - Three Movements for Piano Four-hands
491-00568 - Three Songs
491-00498 - Twelve Songs
Works in Our Collections:
- Dreaming Op. 15, No. 3 - found in American Women Composers: Piano Music from 1865-1915
- Fair Lullaby Op. 37 - found in First Solos: Songs by Women Composers, Volume I: High Voice
- Oh Were My Love Yon Lilac Fair - found in First Solos: Songs by Women Composers, Volume II: Medium Voice
- Summer Dreams ed. Sylvia Glickman - found in Music for One Piano, 4 Hands