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Amy Beach

エイミー・ビーチ　/　えいみー・びーち

American composer and pianist

September 5, 1867 – December 27, 1944　・　Henniker, New Hampshire, United States

From New Hampshire
Pianist
Composer

My Take

Amy Beach is one of those figures who should be a household name and isn't, which always frustrates me. The Gaelic Symphony alone earns her a permanent place in American music history, yet she pulled it off as a largely self-taught composer in an era that gave women almost no room to be taken seriously in large-scale forms. What I find most compelling is how she balanced a celebrated performing career, briefly suppressed during her marriage, then revived with real force after she was widowed. Her songs and chamber works reward repeated listening, full of lush late-Romantic harmony. She is overdue for a proper revival.

Overview

Amy Beach (1867-1944) was an American composer and pianist, widely regarded as the first successful American woman composer of large-scale art music. Largely self-taught in composition, she gained international recognition for her Gaelic Symphony, premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1896, the first symphony written and published by an American woman. Her output spans more than 300 works including songs, chamber music, choral pieces, and her Piano Concerto. After her husband's death she resumed concert touring in Europe and the United States.

1. Profile

Name (English): Amy Beach
Name (Japanese): エイミー・ビーチ
Reading: えいみー・びーち
Born: September 5, 1867 – December 27, 1944
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Virgo / Rabbit
Origin: Henniker, New Hampshire, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: Pianist / Composer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
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4. Personality

Motto

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6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%82%A4%E3%83%9F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%81

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