#USclassics One of the ongoing Twitter hashtag groups I participate with is #ClassicsaDay. For July 2017, I used the theme #USclassics, and presented an entire month of American composers with examples of their music. Twitter only allows 140 characters, pretty much limiting my tweets to the composer’s name, the title of the work, links, and […]
John Knowles Paine
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John Knowles Paine Symphony No. 2 – American Masterwork
John Knowles Paine was one of the first American composers to break onto the international scene. Along with other members of the “Boston Six” (Amy Beach, Arthur Foote, Edward MacDowell, George Chadwick, and Horatio Parker), he well-known in Europe as well as the U.S. Paine’s Symphony No. 2 in a major, op. 34 shows why […]