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Amy Marcy <I>Cheney</I> Beach

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Amy Marcy Cheney Beach

Birth
Henniker, Merrimack County, New Hampshire, USA
Death
27 Dec 1944 (aged 77)
New York, New York County, New York, USA
Burial
Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 21, Dahlia Path
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Composer. She is best known for her compositions of "Mass in E Flat," "The Minstrel and the King," and "The Sea Fairies and the Chambered Nautilus." Her "Gaelic" Symphony, premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1896, was the first symphony composed and published by an American woman.
Composer. She is best known for her compositions of "Mass in E Flat," "The Minstrel and the King," and "The Sea Fairies and the Chambered Nautilus." Her "Gaelic" Symphony, premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1896, was the first symphony composed and published by an American woman.

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  • Maintained by: Find a Grave
  • Originally Created by: Laurie
  • Added: Jul 20, 2003
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7699041/amy_marcy-beach: accessed ), memorial page for Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (5 Sep 1867–27 Dec 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7699041, citing Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory, Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.