Amy Beach

1867–1944 · Late Romantic · United States

Amy Marcy Cheney Beach was an American composer and pianist. She was the first successful American female composer of large-scale art music.

• The Year’s at the Spring — 3 Browning Songs, Op. 44 · No. 1
• Ah, Love, but a Day! — 3 Browning Songs, Op. 44 · No. 2
• I Send My Heart up to Thee! — 3 Browning Songs, Op. 44 · No. 3
• O Mistress Mine — 3 Shakespeare Songs, Op. 37 · No. 1
• Take, O Take those Lips Away — 3 Shakespeare Songs, Op. 37 · No. 2
• Fairy Lullaby — 3 Shakespeare Songs, Op. 37 · No. 3
• Ich sagte nicht — 4 Songs, Op. 51 · No. 1
• Wir drei — 4 Songs, Op. 51 · No. 2
• Juni — 4 Songs, Op. 51 · No. 3
• Je demande à l’oiseau — 4 Songs, Op. 51 · No. 4
• String Quartet, Op. 89 — 1 movement
• Symphony in E minor “Gaelic”, Op. 32 — I. Allegro con fuoco
• Symphony in E minor “Gaelic”, Op. 32 — II. Alla Siciliana – Allegro vivace – Andante
• Symphony in E minor “Gaelic”, Op. 32 — III. Lento con molto espressione
• Symphony in E minor “Gaelic”, Op. 32 — IV. Allegro di molto