Beach, H. H. A., Mrs., 1867-1944

  • Focus on Women Composers Overview, May 8, 1976 (Episode 1)

    Presentation of women composers of all musical periods. Presented by Renee Roatcap, April McMahon, Elizabeth Pizer, Susan Sailow, and Fleur Helsingor. Contents: 1. continuity; 2. O Death, Rock Me Asleep, Anne Boleyn; 3. continuity; 4. Impromptu, Clara Wieck-Schumann; 5. continuity; 6. Quatuor, Germaine Tailleferre; 7. continuity; 8. Vieille Prière Bouddhique, Lili Boulanger; 9. continuity; 10.…

  • Women composers: interviews with Ora Williams and Virginia Eskin

    This series is “Portraits of women composers,” produced by Jeannie Pool for the Women’s Department at WBAI. In this episode we will hear an interview and performance done at KPFK in Los Angeles with with musicologist Dr. Ora Williams, professor at Cal State Long Beach who has published American Black Women in the Arts and…