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Transcript: The first symphony written by an American woman was "The Gaelic Symphony" a
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- NPR Weekend Edition - Saturday
- Article date:
- May 11, 1996
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The first symphony written by an American woman was "The Gaelic Symphony"
a hundred years ago. "Performance Today" host Martin Goldsmith discusses
the history of women in classical music.
[excerpt of performance of `The Gaelic Symphony']
SCOTT SIMON, Host: One hundred years ago composer Amy Beach wrote
The Symphony in E Minor, known as The Gaelic Symphony. Amy Beach
is remembered as the first American woman to write a symphony performed
in public, and, as the century opened, some of the finest symphony
orchestras in the world performed The Gaelic Symphony. Over the decades
the work was heard less and less. However, in recent years there
have ...