Cambridge Companion to Amy Beach

"In recent decades, the music of Amy Beach has made an impressive return to concerts, recordings, and the academy. This book introduces Beach's compelling music and life story to those as yet unfamiliar with her work. Drawing on recently uncovered archival sources, it will expand the resources available to students, scholars and listeners"--

List of contents

Part I. Historical Context: 1. Between composer's desk and piano bench: Amy Beach's life and works E. Douglas Bomberger; 2. Amy Beach and the women's club movement Marian Wilson Kimber; 3. 'A reality of glorious attainment': Amy Beach's Macdowell Colony Robin Rausch; 4. Amy Beach and her publishers Bill F. Faucett; Part II. Profiles of the Music: 5. Amy Beach's keyboard music Kirsten Johnson; 6. Songs of Amy Beach Katherine Kelton; 7. 'Worthy of serious attention': the chamber music of Amy Beach R. Larry Todd; 8. The power of song in Beach's orchestral works Douglas W. Shadle; 9. Choral music Matthew Phelps; 10. Beach's dramatic works Nicole Powlison; Part III. Reception: 11. Phoenix redivivus: Beach's posthumous reception E. Douglas Bomberger.

About the author

E. Douglas Bomberger teaches musicology and piano at Elizabethtown College. He has published six books and numerous articles on music in the United States, and he served as subject editor for nineteenth-century music for the Grove Dictionary of American Music (2013).

Product details

• Authors: E. Douglas (Elizabethtown College Bomberger
• Assisted by: E Douglas Bomberger (Editor), Bomberger E. Douglas (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.11.2023
• EAN: 9781108845847
• ISBN: 978-1-108-84584-7
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Cambridge Companions to Music
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; MUSIC / General, History of Music, Later 19th century c 1850 to c 1899, Social and cultural history, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, History of the Americas, Composers and songwriters, Classical Music (C 1750 To C 1830)