Influenced by Dvorak, AMY MARCY CHENEY BEACH is credited as the first American woman to have written a symphony. Amy Marcy was an American composer and pianist, she was an expert at composing piano tunes and she was the first woman to put a symphony together in 1896.
Born Amy Marcy Cheney was born on September 5, 1867, in Henniker, New Hampshire. She was the only child of Charles Abbor Cheney and Clara Imogene (Marcy) Cheney. She was the first American woman to write a symphony.
