Biography
- Beach was the first successful American female composer of large-scale art music.
- Beach was one of the first American composers to succeed without the benefit of European training in music.
- Her Gaelic Symphony that was premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1896 was the first symphony composed and published by an American woman.
Famous Works
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Gaelic Symphony
Piano Concerto in C-sharp minor
