This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at SAU chapter.
Amy Marcy Cheney Beach may not be familiar to most, but she was known as the first ever woman composer and a talented pianist. She was born in the United States in New Hampshire. By the time she wrote her first symphony she was 32. Her first song was called Gaelic. It was played in the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the year 1896. Although it was her first song, it was not the one she was most known for, even though the song was flowy and gorgeous. Her most popular song was called By the Still Waters which helped her become known in the music realm as the very first woman to ever be a composer. Since her, there has been many more woman composers and the music industry changed so much since then.