Amy Beach

American composer and pianist

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.

Read more about this composer on Wikipedia.

Works

2 Mother Songs, op. 69
2 Piano Pieces, op. 102
2 Piano Pieces, op. 54
2 Songs, op. 100
2 Songs, op. 137
2 Songs, op. 72
2 Songs, op. 73
3 Browning Songs, op. 44
3 Choral Responses, op. 8
3 Piano Pieces, op. 128
3 Piano Pieces, op. 128: No. 1. Scherzino: A Peterborough Chipmunk
3 Piano Pieces, op. 128: No. 2. Young Birches
3 Piano Pieces, op. 128: No. 3. A Humming Bird
3 Pieces, op. 40
3 Pieces, op. 40: Berceuse
3 Pieces, op. 40: La Captive
3 Pieces, op. 40: Mazurka
3 Songs, op. 19
3 Songs, op. 2
3 Songs, op. 21
3 Songs, op. 41
3 Songs, op. 71
3 songs, op. 117
4 Sketches, op. 15
4 Songs, op. 1
4 Songs, op. 29
4 Songs, op. 35
4 Songs, op. 51
4 Songs, op. 51: No. 1. Ich sagete nicht
4 Songs, op. 51: No. 2. Wir drei
4 Songs, op. 51: No. 3. Juni
4 Songs, op. 51: No. 4. Je demande à l’oiseau
4 Songs, op. 56
4 Songs, op. 75
4 songs, op. 14
4 songs, op. 48
5 Burns Songs, op. 43
5 Improvisations for Piano, op. 148
5 Improvisations for Piano, op. 148: Improvisation 1
5 Improvisations for Piano, op. 148: Improvisation 2
5 Improvisations for Piano, op. 148: Improvisation 3
5 Improvisations for Piano, op. 148: Improvisation 4
5 Improvisations for Piano, op. 148: Improvisation 5
A Bit of Cairo
A Cradle Song of the Lonely Mother, op. 108
A Mirage, op. 100 no. 1
A Prelude, op. 71 no. 1
A September Forest
A Thanksgiving Fable, op. 75 no. 2
Ah, Love, but a Day!, op. 44 no. 2
Anita, op. 41 no. 1
Ariette, op. 1 no. 4
Autumn Song, op. 56 no. 1
Baby, op. 69 no. 1
Bal Masque, op. 22
Bal masqué, op. 22
Ballade, op. 6
By the Still Waters, op. 114
Canzonetta, op. 48 no. 4
Chanson d’amour, op. 21 no. 1
Come, Ah Come, op. 48 no. 1
Dancing Leaves, op. 102 no. 2
Dearie, op. 43 no. 1
Der Totenkranz, 73 no. 2
Die vier Brüder, op. 1 no. 2
Dolladine, op. 75 no. 3
Dreaming, op. 15 no. 3
Ecstasy, op. 19 no. 2
Ein altes Gebet, op. 72 no. 1
Elle et moi, op. 21 no. 3
Empress of Night, op. 2 no. 3
Eskimos, op. 64
Eskimos, op. 64: I. Arctic Night
Eskimos, op. 64: II. The Returning Hunter
Eskimos, op. 64: III. Exiles
Eskimos, op. 64: IV. With Dog Teams
Extase, op. 21 no. 2
Fantasia fugata, op. 87
Far Awa’, op. 43 no. 4
Farewell, Summer, op. 102 no. 1
Fire-flies, op. 15 no. 4
For me the jasmine buds unfold, op. 19 no. 1
Forgotten, op. 41 no. 3
From Blackbird Hills, op. 83
From Grandmother's Garden, op. 97
From Grandmother's Garden, op. 97: No. 1. Morning Glories
From Grandmother's Garden, op. 97: No. 2. Heartsease
From Grandmother's Garden, op. 97: No. 3. Mignonette
From Grandmother's Garden, op. 97: No. 4. Rosemary and Rue
From Grandmother's Garden, op. 97: No. 5. Honeysuckle
From Six to Twelve, op. 119
From Six to Twelve, op. 119: I. Sliding on the Ice
From Six to Twelve, op. 119: II. The First Mayflowers
From Six to Twelve, op. 119: III. Canoeing
From Six to Twelve, op. 119: IV. Secrets of the Attic
From Six to Twelve, op. 119: VI. Ceremonial Boy Scouts March
Gavotte fantastique, op. 54 no. 2
Golden Gates, op. 19 no. 3
Hermit Thrush at Eve, op. 92 no. 1
Hermit Thrush, op. 92
Hush, Baby Dear, op. 69 no. 2
I Know Not How to Find the Spring, op. 56 no. 3
I Send My Heart up to Thee!, op. 44 no. 3
In Autumn, op. 15 no. 1
In the Twilight, op. 85
Jeune fille et jeune fleur, op. 1 no. 3
Le secret, op. 14 no. 2
Les Rêves de Colombine, op. 65
Les Rêves de Colombine, op. 65: I. La Fée de la fontaine
Les Rêves de Colombine, op. 65: IV. Sous les étoiles
Les Rêves de Colombine, op. 65: V. Danse d'Arlequin
Nachts, op. 35 no. 1
Nocturne, op. 107
Nähe des Geliebten, op. 35 no. 3
Out of the Depths, op. 130
Piano Concerto in C-sharp minor, op. 45
Piano Concerto in C-sharp minor, op. 45: II. Scherzo: Vivace (Perpetuum mobile)
Piano Trio, op. 150: III. Allegro con brio
Prayer of a Tired Child, op. 75, no. 4
Prelude and Fugue, op. 81: Fugue
Rendezvous, op. 120
Romance for Violin and Piano, op. 23
Sea Fever
Shena Van, op. 56 no. 4
Sleep, Little Darling, op. 29 no. 3
Stella viatoris, op. 100 no. 2
String Quartet, op. 89
Suite for Two Pianos Founded upon Old Irish Melodies, op. 104: II. Old-time Peasant-Dance
Suite for Two Pianos Founded upon Old Irish Melodies, op. 104: IV. Finale
Summer Dreams, op. 47
Summer Dreams, op. 47: No. 1. The Brownies
Summer Dreams, op. 47: No. 5. Elfin tarantelle
Symphony in E minor, op. 32 "Gaelic": I. Allegro con fuoco
Symphony in E minor, op. 32 "Gaelic": II. Alla siciliana - Allegro vivace
Symphony in E minor, op. 32 "Gaelic": III. Lento con molto espressione
Symphony in E minor, op. 32 "Gaelic": IV. Allegro di molto
The Candy Lion, op. 75 no. 1
The Fair Hills of Eiré, op. 91
The Host, op. 117 no. 2
The Rainy Day
The Wandering Knight, op. 29 no. 2
Theme and Variations for Flute and String Quartet, op. 80: Variation II. Allegro giusto
Theme and Variations for Flute and String Quartet, op. 80: Variation IV. Presto leggiero
Theme and Variations for Flute and String Quartet, op. 80: Variation V. Largo di molto, con 'grand' espressione
Theme and Variations for Flute and String Quartet, op. 80: Variation VI. Allegro giocoso