Amy Beach ñ Selected Bibliography

Ammer, Christine.  _Unsung:  A History of Women in American Music_.  
Westport, CT:  Greenwood Press, 1980.
	This book is an informative account of women in American Music.  
	Women composers, performers and conductors are included in both 
	classical and popular music genres.  It is filled with biographies 
	arranged chronologically with their contributions highlighted. 

Block, Adrienne Fried.  _Amy Beach, Passionate Victorian:  The Life and 
Work of an American Composer 1867-1944_.  New York:  Oxford University 
Press, 1998.
	This biography by Adrienne Fried Block (noted specialist on Amy Beach) 
	is an informative book highlighting Amy Beachís life, musical 
	compositions and contributions.  Her childhood information is very 
	comprehensive and revealed many facts that contributed to her success.

Jenkins, Walter S.  _The Remarkable Mrs. Beach, American Composer_.  Warren, 
MI: Harmonie Park Press, 1994.
	An interesting book filled with biographical information, extensive 
	information on her marriage to Dr. H.H.A Beach and personal accounts with 
	the composer.

Kelton, Mary Katherine.  ìMrs. H.H.A Beach and Her Songs for Solo Voice.î  
_Journal of Singing_ 52 (1996):  3-23.
	An article by Mary Katherine Kelton who has completed a number of research 
	projects on Amy Beach.  This article is brief introduction of her 
	dissertation on the same topic.  Information on compositional aspects, 
	history and biographical facts are included to make this article very 
	instructive


Laura A. Poe (2003)