Amy Marcy Beach

Amy Beach is a favored women’s musician and composer and was known as a child prodigy. She was one of few women who pursued music in her period. Amy was mostly known for her solo performances and continued to amaze the world with her impenetrable style of music. Amy was a very successful artist with the help of her parents and family members. Her mother and father put her in musical training when she was six, and her career took off from there. She was famously known for being a pianist and a composer with over twenty musical pieces.
Amy has earned many nicknames in her career such as Amy Marcy Beach. But, her full name is Amy Marcy Cheney Beach. Beach was born on September fifth, eighteen sixty-seven. She was born in Henniker, New Hampshire but did not have any siblings for when she returned home. She was fortunately brought back to a farmhouse where her father worked. But, the house had a piano in it. The piano was more of a significant piece that was used rather than for display. Amy’s parents were Charles Abbott Cheney and Clara Imogene Cheney or commonly known as Marcy. Her dad owned a paper manufacturing company and distribution center that was very successful. While her mom was the musician in the family that could play some instrument.

Am’s Grandmother Marcy also had a helping hand in the process. According to “Amy Beach. Passionate Victorian” “her grandmother Marcy was a high soprano who sang in the church choir as well as at home.” Amy’s mother and grandma had significant musical influences on Amy that she needed to pursue and accomplish her career. These women were there to guide her in the right direction. According to “Encyclopedia of World Biography” “Amy Beach began singing tunes on the pitch to songs with accuracy when she was a year old and had taught herself how to read by the age of