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1839 - John Knowles Paine, born on the 9th of January. He was the first American-born composer to achieve fame for his large-scale orchestral music.
1858 - 1861 - He completed his studies in Berlin.
1861 - After returning to the US and settling in Boston, he became a member of the faculty of Harvard, a post that he retained for many years.
1863 - He had won, largely on the merit of his many appearances as an organist and his countless public lectures on musical form and history, a position on the faculty of Harvard University.
1875 - The First Symphony, his language is clear and natural, owing much to the German classics he studied with Kotschmar and at the Hochschule in Berlin.
1880 - He began to stretch his tonal and expressive language, in an effort to remain more "current", his music suffered noticeably (as in the programmatic Second Symphony.
1906 - Died on the 25th of April in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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Famous Composers and Their Music; Extra Illustrated Edition of 1901; Vols. 1-8&10-16 (Missing Vol. 9) by John Knowles; Klauser, Karl (editors) Thomas Theodore; Paine (Hardcover - Jul 25, 2008) |
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O bless the Lord, my Soul. Anthem for men's voices ... Revised and edited by C. Leslie by John Knowles Paine (Unknown Binding - Jul 25, 2008) |
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Mass (in D) for 4 voices with piano or organ accompaniment by John Knowles Paine (Unknown Binding - Jan 1, 1970) |
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St. Peter, an oratorio. The words selected from the Bible. [Vocal score.] by John Knowles Paine (Unknown Binding) |
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Symphony No. 1. (Op. 23.) New introduction by H. Wiley Hitchcock. [A facsimile of the edition of 1908. Score.] by John Knowles Paine (Unknown Binding - Jul 25, 1972) |
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The Nativity Opus 39 (Recent Researches in American Music) by John Knowles Paine (Paperback - Feb 25, 2004) In stock soon. Order now to get in line. First come, first served. |
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