Amy Marcy Beach: Quick Facts


Facts

Also Known As Mrs. H. H. A. Beach • Amy Marcy Cheney
Born September 5, 1867 • New Hampshire
Died December 27, 1944 (aged 77) • New York City • New York
Notable Works “Gaelic Symphony”

Photos


Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt
Hungarian composer
Sergey Rachmaninoff in profile, seated at a piano, playing with both hands on the keys.
Sergey Rachmaninoff
Russian musician
Portrait of Benjamin Britten, British composer, wearing a suit and patterned tie, looking toward the camera with a neutral expression.
Benjamin Britten
British composer
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
Russian composer
Toch
Ernst Toch
Austrian composer
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven
German composer
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Austrian composer
Joseph Haydn
Joseph Haydn
Austrian composer
Franz Schubert
Franz Schubert
Austrian composer
Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms
German composer
Luigi Boccherini
Luigi Boccherini
Italian composer
C.P.E. Bach
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
German composer
Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1957, wearing a dark suit and bow tie, with a serious expression and a brick wall in the background.
Ralph Vaughan Williams
English composer
Paul Hindemith.
Paul Hindemith
German composer
Poulenc
Francis Poulenc
French composer
James P. Johnson
James P. Johnson
American composer and pianist
Dameron, Tadd
Tadd Dameron
American musician and composer
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Russian composer
Portrait of composer Sergey Prokofiev, circa 1938, wearing round glasses, a suit, and a tie, looking slightly to the side.
Sergey Prokofiev
Russian composer
Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann
German composer