Amy Beach

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Amy Beach

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 to succeed without the benefit of European training, and one of the most respected and acclaimed American composers of her era. As a pianist, she was acclaimed for concerts she gave featuring her own music in the United States and in Germany.

Birth and Death Data: Born September 5, 1867 (Henniker), Died December 27, 1944 (New York City)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1905 - 1936

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, lyricist

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	C-2314	12-in.	2/20/1905	L'Incrédule	Emma Eames	Soprano vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	B-4152	10-in.	12/20/1906	Ecstasy	Victor Orchestra	Orchestra, with violin and cornet	composer
Victor	B-5018	10-in.	1/14/1908	How much I love you	Johanna Gadski	Soprano vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	C-6203	12-in.	5/18/1908	Spring	Emma Eames	Soprano vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	C-11313	12-in.	11/27/1911	Early morning	Emma Eames	Soprano vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	B-12233	10-in.	7/25/1912	Ecstasy	Nina Clarke Hooker	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist
Victor	B-15821	10-in.	3/22/1915	The leaves and the wind	Elisabeth Böhm van Endert	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-21492	12-in.	3/7/1918	Ah love, but a day	Laura Littlefield	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-31988	10-in.	2/23/1925	Ah, love, but a day!	Maria Jeritza	Soprano vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	BVE-36588	10-in.	11/12/1926	Ecstasy	Robert Gordon	Male vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	CVE-37040	12-in.	11/27/1926	Ah! Love but a day	Associated Glee Clubs of America	Male vocal chorus and female soloist, with piano	composer
Victor	CVE-67792	12-in.	1/14/1931	Dream song	Elsie Baker ; Myrtle C. Eaver ; Lucy Isabelle Marsh	Female vocal duet, with piano	composer
Victor	BS-03805	10-in.	12/18/1936	Ecstasy	Frances Alda ; Mrs. Jessie Donohue	Female vocal solo, with piano and violin	composer, lyricist
Victor	[Trial 1914-09-04-03]	Not documented	9/4/1914	Ah, love but a day!	Helena Morrillion	Female vocal solo, with piano	composer, lyricist
Victor	[Trial 1916-07-15-01]	Not documented	7/15/1916	Silent as night [Still wie die Nacht]	Susanna Dercum	Female vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	[Trial 1917-03-19-03]	Not documented	3/19/1917	Ah, love, but a day!	Mrs. Frederick Gunther	Female vocal solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	39452	10-in.	6/16/1914	Dearest	Thamzene Cox	Female vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	30240	12-in.	approximately 1909	Ecstacy	Lillian Blauvelt	Soprano vocal solo, with piano	composer, lyricist
Columbia	30485	12-in.	4/29/1910	Ah love but a day	Lillian Nordica	Soprano vocal solo	composer
Columbia	30496	12-in.	5/12/1910	The year's at the spring	Lillian Nordica	Soprano vocal solo	composer
Columbia	37337	12-in.	approximately 1915	May morning	Corinne Rider-Kelsey	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	48925	12-in.	9/20/1916	The year's at the spring	Maggie Teyte	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	3619	10-in.	3/2/1915	Ah! Love but a day	Margarete Matzenauer	Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Edison	8458	10-in.	5/18/1922	Primavera	Anna Case	Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra	composer, lyricist

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Beach, Amy," accessed November 24, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/103049.

Beach, Amy. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 24, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/103049.

"Beach, Amy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 November 2024.