Amy Marcy Cheney Beach was an American female composer born in 1867 who was one of the greatest American composers of her time and one of the top female composers in the world. The document provides a short biography of Beach and includes pictures of her accompanied by a performance of one of her compositions, Fantasia Fugata, Op 87. The pictures depict Beach at various stages of her life and career, including as a young woman, at the MacDowell Colony, and in 1933.