Happy Birthday Amy Beach!

This past Sunday, September 5, was the 143rd birthday of Amy Beach! I suppose it is fair to say that she is the best known of the still largely unknown, and unrecognized, contingent of historical women composers.  This is due in large part to the work of Adrienne...
Beach work Premiered in WPA Edition

Beach work Premiered in WPA Edition

By Liane Curtis Our new edition of Amy Beach’s concert aria “Jephthah’s Daughter” was premiered last week.  The edition is part of our project to make high-quality, engraved critical editions available for ALL of Beach’s music.  We knew that “Jephthah’s Daughter” was...

Beach’s Bal Masqué in Boston Performance

Update: concert postponed to Aug. 23 because of rain. Amy Beach’s delightful waltz, Bal Masqué, op. 22, is part of this week’s concert by Boston’s Landmark Orchestra.  Titled “Symphonic Dances” the Aug. 22 event features “music to...