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Amy Beach, Passionate Victorian: The Life and Work of an American Composer, 1867-1944 Block, Adrienne Fried (Co-Director, Project for the Study of Women in Music, Co-Director, Project for the Study of Women in Music, City University of New York Graduate Center)
Amy Beach, Passionate Victorian: The Life and Work of an American Composer, 1867-1944
Block, Adrienne Fried (Co-Director, Project for the Study of Women in Music, Co-Director, Project for the Study of Women in Music, City University of New York Graduate Center)
This is a comprehensive biography of perhaps the first important American woman composer, Amy Marcy Beach. She enjoyed an international reputation in the early 20th century, especially for her symphonies. In recent years there has been a great revival of interest in her work, and many of her compositions have been performed and recorded.
426 pages, 39 halftones, music examples
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | January 28, 1999 |
| ISBN13 | 9780195074086 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 448 |
| Dimensions | 164 × 242 × 35 mm · 816 g |
| Language | English |