The album features a variety of pianos, including a Steinway & Sons D274, a Steinway Model D, a Steinway D, two Steinway & Sons mod. D, a Fazioli F 278 n. 1660, a Steinway (Hamburg), a Fazioli 2.78, a Fazioli 3.08, and a Yamaha Grand Piano C7.
Historical Context
Amy Beach was part of the 'Boston Six', an unofficial group of composers also known as the 'Second New England School', which included George Chadwick, Arthur Foote, Edward MacDowell, John Knowles Paine, and Horatio Parker.
Compositional Technique
Amy Beach's Prelude and Fugue, Op. 81, uses the notes A-B-E-A-C-H as the basis for both the prelude's theme and the fugue's subject, similar to Liszt's Fantasie und Fuge über das Thema B-A-C-H.
Album & Artwork
The album cover features the painting 'Boys in a Pasture' from 1874 by American artist Winslow Homer.
Composer Biography
Edward MacDowell, an American pianist-composer, received his first music lessons from Colombian, Cuban, and Venezuelan musicians, including the famous pianist Teresa Carreño.
Composer Biography
Amy Beach, an American composer, was largely self-taught in composition, translating treatises by Hector Berlioz and François-Auguste Gevaert from French for her personal study.
Composer Biography
Margaret Ruthven Lang, an American composer, baby-sat Richard Wagner's children during a family visit to Bayreuth in 1875.
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