AMY BEACH

CHILDHOOD

• Born Amy Marcy Cheney
• Born in Henniker, New Hampshire
• Only child
• Father was Charles Abbot Cheney
• Mother was Clara Imogene Cheney
• Showed evidence of being a prodigy right away

CHILDHOOD CON’T

• Memorized and sang 40 songs by age 1
• Improvised counter melody at age 2
• Taught herself to read at age 3
• Composed three waltzes for piano at age 4….with no piano!
• Could play songs by ear and her family struggles to keep up with her musical talents and demands

MUSICAL EDUCATION

• Began piano lessons at age 6
• Played public recitals
• One recital reviewed by The Folio
• Multiple agents proposed a tour but her parents declined
• They moved to Boston we’re she received formoal training for one year

EARLY CAREER

• She made debut brought age 16
• Put the following two years included performances in chickering hall and starred in the final performance of the bossen symphony’s 1884-85 season

MARGIE

• Married in 1885 to dr. Herry Harris Aubrey beach
• Husbend was a surgeon and 24 years older then her
• Was forced to live according to his status and limited performances two pucic performances per year
• Herry died in 1910

RISE TO FAME

• Major success when the Handel and Haydn society orchestra land her pice making it the first pice composed by a woman
• Gaelic symphony was they first symphony composed and polished by in American woman
• Became part of the bossen six

YEARS IN EUROPE

• Took some time off after her husband and mother died in 1910
• Resumed giveing concerts in 1912

FUN FACTS

• Was a child prodigy
• She was born in a unhealthy family
• Most famous work was mass_flat premiered 1890 another famous one is Gaelic symphony 1894
• She died from a heart aliment in New York

HER FAMILY

• Had no kids
• She doesn’t have siblings
• She was the first successful American composter

SONG

• https://youtu.be/SKYBhHK5Zh4

SONG https://youtu.be/AWVSVTpfxuc

https://youtu.be/_p-Y2G2mBGU songs