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The American Musicological Society and the Music Division of the Library of Congress are pleased to present a series of lectures highlighting musicological research conducted in the Division’s collections. The AMS/Library of Congress Lecture Series is a public lecture program designed to appeal to a mix of professional musicians, musicologists, music lovers, and music educators.
Lecture proposals are invited most years from members of the AMS community. All proposals should be written to appeal to a broad audience and must make prominent use of the materials from the collections of the Library of Congress, Music Division.
Amy Beach: Pioneering American Musician
In this lecture, Douglas E. Bomberger discusses the remarkable composer and pianist Amy Beach (1867-1944). Beach was the earliest American female composer whose works are still regularly heard today, on the radio, concerts and streaming platforms. Beach’s Mass in E-flat major and her Gaelic Symphony were premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in the 1890’s, to acclaim by both critics and audiences.
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