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. Most of her compositions and performances were under the name Mrs. H.H.A. Beach.
Beach was born in Henniker, New Hampshire into a distinguished New England family. A child prodigy, she was able to sing forty tunes accurately by age one; by age two she could improvise a...
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Date of birth:
- Sep 5, 1867
Date of death:
- Dec 27, 1944 (age 77 years)
Place of birth:
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1868
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 1944
Instruments Played:
Also known as:
- Mrs. H.H.A. Beach,
- Amy Beach,
- Amy Beach (1867-1944)
