Henry Harris Aubrey Beach

Henry Harris Aubrey Beach was a Boston surgeon who married musician Amy Marcy Cheney in 1885.

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    Dr. Beach, who was 24 years older than his wife, taught at Harvard Medical School and practiced at Massachusetts General Hospital. After their marriage, Mrs. Beach curtailed her concertizing in favor of homemaking, and began to compose. She set several of her husband’s poems to music.

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    28 Songs, Vol. 4, including "Forget-Me-Not"

    Composer(s): Amy Beach

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    Four Songs, Op. 56 (high voice)

    Composer(s): Amy Beach

    Song(s): Autumn Song (op. 56, no. 1)
    Go Not Too Far (op. 56, no. 2)
    I Know Not How to Find the Spring (op. 56, no. 3)

    Voice Type: High

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    Four Songs, Op. 56 (low voice)

    Composer(s): Amy Beach

    Song(s): Autumn Song (op. 56, no. 1)
    Go Not Too Far (op. 56, no. 2)
    I Know Not How to Find the Spring (op. 56, no. 3)

    Voice Type: Low

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    Three Songs, Op. 2

    Composer(s): Amy Beach

    Song(s): Twilight (op. 2, no. 1)
    When Far From Her (op. 2, no. 2)
    Empress of Night (op. 2, no. 3)

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