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Amy Beach

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

AMY BEACH

SEPTEMBER-5-1867-DECEMBER-27-1944

CHILDHOOD

  • She didn’t have siblings
  • She didn’t have a childhood job
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VIBRATIONS ON BALKAN THEMES

Photo by Jesse Kruger

CRADLE SONG OF THE LONELY MOTHER

Photo by Matt Botsford

GAELIC OP.32

FUN FACTS

  • She died of a heart disease
  • When her husband died she moved to Europe
  • By the age of six,she began studying piano with her mother
  • She was born into a wealthy family
Photo by Trey Ratcliff

FAMILY

  • Her family moved to Boston in 1875
  • Her husband died in 1910
  • Her and her husband Henry Harris beach got married in 1885
  • Her husband told her not to spend all her time composing
Photo by Timon Studler

MORE FUN FACTS

  • In 1925 she was the first American woman composer
  • Her nationality’s are American
  • She returned to the USA in 1914
Photo by snowpeak

COMPOSING

  • In 1892 the symphony society of New York premiered her concert Aria,Eilende Wolken
  • At the age of 2 she could sing up to 40 hymns

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  • She was born and raised in Henniker New Hampshire
  • She didn’t struggle in school

PARENTS NAMES

  • Her moms name is Clara Cheney
  • And her dads name is Charles Cheney