AMY MARCY CHENEY BEACH

PARENTS

• Clara Imogene also known as Marcy Cheney (mom).
• Charles Abbor Cheney (dad).

RICH OR POOR?

• Amy Beach was born into a wealthy family in New England.
• She did not have a job as a young child.

AMY

• She started out as a musician.
• She did not struggle in school she was smart and had no difficulties.
• She didn't move to have to go to school.

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• She was born in Henniker, New Hampshire on September 5th, 1867.
• She moved to New York.
• She died in New York City .

ERA

• She composed music for the 20th century.
• She got started in music because of her mom.
• Her mom was her music teacher then Carl Baermann, and then Ernst Pedro was her last piano teacher.
• Her mom a huge musical influence because her mom was a singer, pianist, and a musician.

INSTRUMENT

• She played the piano.

TYPE OF MUSIC

• She composed Gaelic music.
• She did not compose music for a specific instrument but for a whole orchestra.

INTERESTING FACTS

• She was the first American woman composer to write a symphony.
• Her husband was a surgeon and professor at Harvard.
• She only performed for charity functions.
• Dr.Beach did not want his wife to perform, but he did encourage her musical career.
• When her husband died Beach moved to Europe and started performing more.

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• http://youtu.be/ZPHce9UbqQY Variations on Balkan
• http://youtu.be/ IX623KC4rLY Dreaming
• http://youtu.be/SNkiywugVmY Hermit Thrush at Eve

DREAMING

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• http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Amy_Marcy_Beach.aspx
• http://sphinxkids.org
• http://www.pbs.org/wnet/ihas/composer/beach.html