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American composer and pianist Amy Marcy Beach was born #OTD in 1867.

Her "Gaelic" Symphony, premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1896, was the first symphony composed and published by an American woman. She was one of the first American composers to succeed without the benefit of European training, and one of the most respected and acclaimed American composers of her era.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Beach

Free scores at the IMSLP:
https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Beach,_Amy_Marcy

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