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.
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.
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Works
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- 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
- 3 Browning Songs, op. 44
- 3 Choral Responses, op. 8
- 3 Piano Pieces, op. 128
- 3 Pieces, op. 40
- 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. 56
- 4 Songs, op. 75
- 4 songs, op. 14
- 4 songs, op. 48
- 5 Burns Songs, op. 43
- 5 Improvisations for Piano, op. 148
- Eskimos, op. 64
- From Grandmother's Garden, op. 97
- From Six to Twelve, op. 119
- Hermit Thrush, op. 92
- Les Rêves de Colombine, op. 65
- Piano Concerto in C-sharp minor, op. 45
- Piano Quintet in F-sharp minor, op. 67
- Piano Trio, op. 150
- Prelude and Fugue, op. 81
- Suite for Two Pianos Founded upon Old Irish Melodies, op. 104
- Summer Dreams, op. 47
- Symphony in E minor, op. 32 "Gaelic"
- Theme and Variations for Flute and String Quartet, op. 80
- Three Pieces for Piano Four-Hands
- Three Shakespeare Choruses, op. 39
- Three Shakespeare Songs, op. 37
- Variations on Balkan Themes, op. 60
- Violin Sonata in A minor, op. 34
Box sets & recent recordings
- Beach: Songs — Amy Beach, Katherine Kelton, Catherine Bringerud (2004) box set · 36 tracks Spotify
- Beach: Dreaming — Amy Beach, Eline Marlene (2024) Spotify
- Amy Beach Opus 37, 44 & 51 — Amy Beach, Tomas Ehrenberg (2023) Spotify
- Beach: Romance, Op. 23 (Musical Moments) — Amy Beach, Bomsori, Julia Okruashvili (2022) Spotify
- Beach: Complete Works for Piano Duo — Amy Beach, Genova and Dimitrov Piano Duo (2022) Spotify
- Beach: By the Still Waters, Op. 114 — Amy Beach, Isata Kanneh-Mason (2021) Spotify
Box sets & recent releases via Spotify — surfaced automatically, not editorial picks.