Pitch Perfect and Persistent!: The Musical Debut of Amy Cheney Beach | TheBookSeekers

Pitch Perfect and Persistent!: The Musical Debut of Amy Cheney Beach


School year: Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6

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No. of pages 40

Published: 2023

Great for age 7-11 years

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Discover the untold yet inspiring story of Amy Beach, musician extraordinaire and the first successful woman composer in America.With perfect pitch and fierce persistence, Amy Beach always knew she had to make music. There was just one BIG problem. Her mother believed it was not proper or suitable for a young lady to draw attention to herself, let alone take on a musical career. But give in or give up? Not Amy Beach. She demanded to play the piano. Demanded to have a real teacher. Demanded to perform. Luckilyfor the world!Amys persistence paid off. At just sixteen years old, Amy Beach found herself on the stage of Bostons Music Halland the start of a brilliant career. A female composer who paved the wayperfectly!

 

 

This book is aimed at children at US 2nd grade-5th grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 7-10 years.

There are 40 pages in this book. This book was published in 2023 by Astra Publishing House .

Alison Jay's signature style, which features distinctive crackle varnishing, has also been featured in Barefoot Books titles Listen, Listen and I Took the Moon for a Walk.

 

This book features the following character:

Amy Beach
This book features the character Amy Beach.