Two Songs By Amy Beach

Often considered to be one of the first great American female composers, Amy Beach's art songs are stylistically similar to those of other late-Romantic European composers. Here we have two solo art songs on texts by Robert Browning that possess soaring melodies and colorful piano accompaniments from which the choral harmonies are drawn. They present a great opportunity to teach young treble singers about the composer and about the style. Songs include: The Year's at the Spring and Ah, Love, But a Day.