Quick Facts
- Child prodigy:
- Taught herself to read at age 3
- Composed her first piece at age 4
- Played with the Boston Symphony at the age of 18
- During her marriage, she focused on composing.
- After her husband’s death in 1910, she went back to performing as well as composing.
- She was one of the first American composers to succeed without having trained in Europe.
- Her “Gaelic” Symphony was the first symphony composed and published by an American woman.
- She was one of the most renowned composers of her time.
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