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          Amy Beach   [née Amy Marcy Cheney]

          (b. Henniker, NH, Sept. 5, 1867; d.

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          New York, Dec. 27, 1944).

          Known as the first female composer to have a symphony performed by a major orchestra (her “Gaelic” Symphony, premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1896), she was also one of the first U.S.

          composers to have her music be recognized in Europe, and THE first classical U.S. composer to achieve success without the benefit of European study.

          A remarkable child prodigy, she made her public debut as a pianist in 1883, also the year of her first published compositions.

          In 1885 she performed with the Boston  Symphony, but upon her marriage to the distinguished surgeon, Dr. H.H.A. Beach, she curtailed her performing in accordance with his wishes, and focused on composition. She made one performance per year, with the proceeds donated to charity, and one of these performances was of her own piano concerto with the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1900.

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