Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Amy Beach
- Cambridge Companions to Music
- The Cambridge Companion to Amy Beach
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Music Examples
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Chronology
- Part I Historical Context
- 1 Between Composer’s Desk and Piano Bench
- 2 Amy Beach and the Women’s Club Movement
- 3 “A Reality of Glorious Attainment”
- 4 Amy Beach and Her Publishers
- Part II Profiles of the Music
- Part III Reception
- Appendix: List of Works
- Select Bibliography
- Index
4 - Amy Beach and Her Publishers
from Part I - Historical Context
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 October 2023
- The Cambridge Companion to Amy Beach
- Cambridge Companions to Music
- The Cambridge Companion to Amy Beach
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Music Examples
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Chronology
- Part I Historical Context
- 1 Between Composer’s Desk and Piano Bench
- 2 Amy Beach and the Women’s Club Movement
- 3 “A Reality of Glorious Attainment”
- 4 Amy Beach and Her Publishers
- Part II Profiles of the Music
- Part III Reception
- Appendix: List of Works
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Music publishing historian William Arms Fisher asserted in 1933 that “The great music publishers were primarily great music-lovers.” Composer Amy Beach was fortunate to work with a dozen of these music-loving publishers during her career; among them were the leaders of several of America’s greatest houses, including Arthur P. Schmidt Company (Boston), G. Schirmer, Inc. (New York), Theodore Presser Company (Philadelphia), and Oliver Ditson Company (Boston). She knew many of her publishers personally, and their partnerships were rewarding and mutually beneficial. Beach’s compositions gained a wide public and provided a good income, and her publishers benefitted not only from estimable musical additions to their catalogues, but also by the fact that she was a woman and-equally important in the World War I era-an American. “Amy Beach and Her Publishers” examines Beach’s relationships with her publishers, as well as their commitment to publishing her music while also keeping an eye on customers’ wants and changing economic conditions.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Amy Beach , pp. 50 - 68Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023