Identify an accurate statement about Amy Marcy Cheney Beach's early life as a musician.Multiple choice question.She studied piano at a very late age but had extensive training as a composer.Beach's talents were unrecognized and discouraged to a large extent by her parents and her husband.She rigorously trained herself translating into English important foreign treatises on instrumentation and orchestration.Her husband preferred that she concentrate on her professional appearance on stage instead of her own compositions.

Select all that applyWhich of the following statements are true of Amy Marcy Cheney Beach?Multiple select question.She was the first American woman to write music.She was the first American woman to write a successful Mass and a symphony.She was the first American woman to rank with highly educated and sophisticated musicians.She became the first American professor of music.

Which of the following statements is true of Mary Lou Williams?Multiple choice question.She restrained herself from composing music for the musical style called bebop.She developed a distinctive jazz sound using a clarinet lead supported by four saxophones.She brought big band music to national attention through her radio programs.She contributed to all the evolving styles of popular piano music.

Amy Beach was the American female composer to write a successful symphony and Mass.Group startsTrue or FalseTrue, unselectedFalse, unselected

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Identify a significant aspect about Mary Lou Williams.Multiple choice question.She contributed heavily in establishing relationships between concert music and jazz.She always performed with a fiercely rapid tempo and an unrelenting emotional intensity.She demonstrated a more cerebral and a less impassioned way of playing jazz.She produced highly original and distinctive arrangements while also performing as a pianist.