John Knowles Paine - notes and references, Works

Composer, born in Portland, Maine, USA. After training in Germany (1857–61), he returned to take up at Harvard the first chair of music in an American university (1862–1905). One of the ‘Boston Classic’ school, he composed high-toned music in a European style, such as his Symphony No 2 (1880).

John Knowles Paine (January 9, 1839 - April 25, 1906), was the first American-born composer to achieve fame for his large-scale orchestral music.

The Grove Music Encyclopedia says of him:

”… Paine served the Harvard community for 43 years. By his presence and by his serious concern with music in a liberal arts college he awakened a regard for music among many generations of Harvard men. His writings testify to his insistence upon the place of music within the liberal arts…”

notes and references

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Works

Opera

Azara

Orchestral

Symphony #1 in C minor op. 28 The Tempest, Symphonic Poem op. 31 Symphony #2 in A Major "In Spring" op. 34 Prelude from Oedipus Tyrannus op. 35

Chorus and Orchestra

Mass in D St. Peter: An Oratorio op. 20

Organ

Concert Variations on the Austrian Hymn op. 3 #1 Fantasy uber "Ein' feste Burg" op. 13 Prelude in B minor op.