Build thee more stately mansions.
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| Birth: | 5th September, 1867 |
| Death: | 27th December, 1944 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Composer, Pianist, Musician |
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Amy Marcy Cheney Beach 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. She began formal piano lessons with her mother at the age of six, and a year later started giving public recitals, playing works by Handel, Beethoven, Chopin, and her own pieces.
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