Beethoven Piano Trio No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 1 No. 1 (1795) and Beach Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 150 (1938)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music. Despite the Op. 1 designation, these trios were not Beethoven’s first published compositions. Clearly he recognized the Op. 1 compositions as the earliest ones he had produced that were substantial enough (and marketable enough) to fill out a first major publication to introduce his style of writing to the musical public.
Amy Beach (1867-1944) was an American composer and pianist. She was the first successful American female composer of large-scale art music. Her “Gaelic” Symphony, premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1896, was the first symphony composed and published by an American woman. She was one of the first American composers to succeed without the benefit of European training, and one of the most respected and acclaimed American composers of her era. The Piano Trio was composed in 1938 and is steeped in the developmental processes of late-nineteenth-century models while quoting two Inuit folk songs.
August 3, 2024, 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
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Chestnut Center for the Arts
208 S Chestnut Ave
Marshfield, WI 54449
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