Amy Beach - Romance for violin and piano Op. 23 (audio + sheet music)
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- The 1893 Columbian Exposition was the first World's Fair to include a venue featuring women's accomplishments. Pianist/composer Amy Beach and violinist Maud Powell were both active participants in the Exposition; both presented papers. Powell performed a number of times, and Beach was commissioned to write a work for the occasion. In addition, they collaborated to premiere Beach's Romance, Op. 23, written for and dedicated to Powell. The first performance was so successful that the audience demanded a repetition. Those present were enthralled when the music fell from the music stand, and Powell finished the performance from memory.
(Naxos Music Library)
Please take note that the audio AND sheet music ARE NOT mine. Change the quality to a minimum of 480p if the video is blurry.
Original audio: • Video
(Performance by: Midori Goto, accompanied by Robert McDonald)
Original sheet music: imslp.org/wiki/Romance,_Op.23_...) - Hudba
Played this at my wedding, thank you for shining light on Amy Beach!
So beautiful, and so very well and comfortably written for the violin. Honestly, this is a masterpiece.
I always come back to this. So beautiful.
simply beautiful, thank you Ms. Beach
One of the most beautiful pieces I've ever heard
It's always refreshing to hear "new" music from a composer that I had never heard of before. I wouldn't say this piece is groundbreaking, but it is very beautiful. I love your channel since you post works from both familiar names and those that are not well known. Keep it up!
Thank you for the feedback. I'll do my best not to fail to impress you.
it is not necessary to break something....A lot of music doesn't break any ground but is very beautiful and enjoyable.
Mimi Prades agree. most beautiful music is that way
What was groundbreaking, was that Amy Beach's husband set limitations on her ability to teach piano, give recitals and have her music performed, as was the custom in the late 1800s with women seeking careers in music and the arts, or ANY field. Once her husband passed away in 1910, Mrs. H. H. A. Beach' was free to perform, travel the world and have her music performed. Her tenacity and talent helped pave the way for women musical artists in the early 20th century and onward.
I can't believe I just discovered this amazing woman's amazing music...thanks to another: Sarah Beth Overcash.
She’s such a marvellous composer, I heard her opera over the summer which was stunning, it had a beautiful mix of creole folk music influences and of course Rachmaninoff aNd romantic influences. She is a remarkable talent.
After I knew the piece (dreaming op15 no 3), I started listening some pieces by Amy Beach. This piece is very romantic like its name.
This is a lovely romantic piece. It was fun to follow the music as I listen.
Thanks for uploading unknown music! This was awesome 😊
Gorgeous, gorgeous!
How come I just found out about these women this year? This is crazy.
Amy Beach was a genius but she was not allowed, from her husband, to take lessons... she was a self-taught musician...
Guess she didn't need them...
Yeah was about to say lol
Was introduced to this song from my music appreciation class and fell in love with it
Thank you for sharing this performance and score of a beautiful piece by an American composer who deserves to be much better known.
No problem. :)
Excellent discovery. Thanks for the upload.
such a nice piece ! This enlightened my day
No conocia esta compositora .A la altura de los mejores Bravo
This is on the same level of Lovely as Elgar's Salut d'Amour. Which is the top level of lovely
What a marvelous, bittersweet piece
freaking awesome
살아가며 인생에 이러한 아름다운 선율을 알게되는것은 참으로 크나큰 감사이자 행복입니다.
this reminds me of a boy i have a crush on, we only started being friends a few months ago but we got close real fast. he even has a nickname for me. all the time he says he would date or marry me, whether or not he was serious i don't know. if he is in the room i am always drawn to him, no matter what. he plays violin and i play piano, i would love to hear him sometime
Update on your current situation please ! It's so sweet~
@@JamesZ32100 i confessed to him over winter break. in reality he had no sort of romantic feelings towards me. i shouldn't have been surprised, i was just one of the many gal pals and female admirers he had. although he was sweet our friendship faded as i returned to school and he spoke to me only occasionally. i don't know whether he was embarrassed about my feelings for him, nonetheless i wept. it became harder and harder to talk to him, though we still acknowledge each other, our interests go different ways. and such is life
That stings in the heart. _hugs_
@@ugethacked6668 I'm so sorry to hear that... I wish all the good things to you, and that you'll be blessed.
@@JamesZ32100 @thenameisgarci thank you
This is a wonderful piece. I don't even care about the composer's gender; it easily stands on its own merits.
why would anyone care about gender?
lovely!
perfect.. I can sleep in heaven now
Beautiful piece 🌹
never even heard of amy beach or this pieces backstory but i was in tears the whole time.
please tell me all the romantic composers/romances you know of...i only really know of the hugely famous composers. need more music like this to listen to
Well, let's find out together in the future. :)
clair de lune by debussy
romance by antonin dvorak is pretty beautiful too
Karel Kovarovic - Poano Concerto in F minor, Op.6
Arthur Foote, an American composer wrote a great violin sonata that’s very Brahmsian, it’s kind of hard to find recordings of though
To thenamesisgsarci
I was so surprised and impressed to hear the music.Thank you so much for giving it to me.I now try to play this tune with the saxophone.Thank you.
so beautiful 💞小提琴的抖音抖的很夠味 👍
Gorgeous
Wonderful! Female composers are hard to find for some reason. Anyway, thanks for introducing us new composers!
You're welcome. :)
Daniel that "some reason" is male chauvinism. See what is missed when EVERYONE is not included.
@@solezuroleman8892 And that 'male chauvinism' is sexist in itself, this composer was good, but not that good. If she wasn't remembered try to think of something other than the instant scapegoat of sexism and discrimination - there may well be other factors affecting it, and in this case there is.
@@shmalfie8674 - Of course, it's sexist! It is a term to describe how "some" men feel/felt toward women then and now. And maybe YOU need to read up on Amy Beach (1867-1944) before you dismiss her as "good, but not that good." Look at the dates of her life and tell me that women of that time period were equal to their male counterparts in ANY way. Calling something what it is, is not scapegoating which is obviously an easy out. You need to read some history.
@@solezuroleman8892 I didn't say there wasn't sexism back then, but Amy Beach is remembered just as much as many of her male counterparts with the same skill level. I was talking about how society today treats Amy Beach and others as historical figures, and if anything, she has been romanticised rather than subdued. Obviously by our standards it was sexism, but women not allowed to do what men could works both ways. Before now it was a lot harder to even live and the pill was not invented until 1950 - stop trying to portray history as some sort of oppression narrative that makes men the villains. It happened for reasons, and honestly during harsh times men have proven to do a better job at working and gathering resources and helping people survive. Its not sexist to say that, as women were far, far better at raising children and preparing them for the harsh world. Why can't you view our 'sexist' history as something to be admired, the sexes helped each other, it was NOT a constant ongoing war between them.
沒想到女作曲家的作品如此優美,使人動容 ! 看來在其他影片所做的留言,有修改的必要,這都怪我閱歷太淺了😅 !
That was one heck of a good violin performance.
this is beautiful
So beautiful ❣️😍
So emotionally beautiful 😍😍
damnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn this was lit!
HERMOSO!!!!! Gracias!!!!
Lovely
Reminds me a lot of Joe Hisaishi, the guy who wrote all the scores for Studio Ghibli
It kinda does, doesn't it? Not all of it of course, but the old world charm seems to be the common denominator.
Maybe Amy Beach’s music inspired some of Joe Hisaishi’s compositions?
I think you mean Hisaishi reminds you of Amy Beach? Because her opus was first
more beatiful !
Delicious.
Magnificent
Precioso
:O
Beautiful...
Très jolie partition de musique de chambre. A faire connaitre.
I love her 🌷
Que romántico
Thank you for including the scored.
idk why i wanna see this like a guitar violin duet
I can see that possibility.
3:50 melhor trecho
Beautiful.
I think she liked Franck lots.
I hear as much Bruch as you hear Franck, but I get your point :-)
New IMSLP link, including orchestrations of this piece: imslp.org/wiki/Romance%2C_Op.23_(Beach%2C_Amy_Marcy)
Beautiful piece!! I didn't know the composer
Anyone knows where I can find the score? Thank you!
You can try to find it at IMSLP.
I’ve printed it from IMSLP, so it is on there.
Listen to Amy Beach Piano quintet 2nd mvt
Das ist schonn
I’m getting some very very slight Rachmaninoff vibes from this, very slight. Along with some Cyril Scott
Elgar's Salut d'amour is similar but not as good. And Beach's music is not at all like Franck's.
I love that they've included the music so you can see how much Midori disrespects the notated music.
At first I thought this piece was beautiful. Then it became so high-pitched it would break glass. Too bad.
This is marvelous nocturne , but the violinist was not so skillful ...good intonation but phrases and dynamics are poorly done..
I found the interpretation quite moving. That makes sense, since the violinist's name is Midori Goto, who also happens to have given what I think is one of the most musically satisfying (in addition to being technically brilliant, of course) performances of the Last Rose of Summer in existence.
This should be how women empower themselves instead of showing skin.
'Uninspired' is putting it lightly. A computer could write this music. (Input: Romantic tropes, click 'go'). But it's nice that modern technology means that we have the ability to choose (I don't have to pay money and sit through this whole piece to hear it-I did sit through it, but that's me). So, the music is redundant. Go listen to Schumann. It's the same stuff. Thanks for posting though.
"Uninspired"? Where? 0_o
You show yourself up with this comment. It sounds nothing like Schumann.
That is not the objective statement you think it is. I would happily go into a detailed analysis of musical similarities, but that would require musical examples, which are a bit fiddly for CZcams. It is not exactly the same as Schumann, but my point was rather more that you can have the same musical experience without it being shallow and watered down, as it is here.
I made no claim that it was an objective statement; any such comment will nearly always have a subjective element. Maybe I should phrase it differently: in my view you show yourself up as to me it sounds nothing like Schumann? I would happily hear some analytical reasoning as to why you think there is a clear similarity. Clearly they are both romantic, so will possess certain features of that era in common, however I think the outcome is very different. We have similar views of this piece - I find it rather bland and generically romantic, though this not automatically a bad trait if you like that kind of thing; there are many people here that will not agree. For me, a comparison between this piece and Schumann is unfair as his music is far more subtle, complex, and expressive, and certainly not ordinary.
It seems we are in agreement...this piece is dreary and uneventful. But some people like KPop, so sure, I'm not telling people to not like it. But if you want 'this kind of thing', but less dreary, the closest comparison, I think is Schumann. Of course, Mrs Beach was being old-fashioned, even in her day. 'Watered-down, salon old Germanic style'. The model being ripped is, I think can be demonstrated as Schumann. German music was where the early American composers started. I could go on, but since we agree that this piece is boring, and that was the main point, and if people want something like it but more eventful, perhaps Schumann is a good start.