John Knowles Paine , was the first American-born composer to achieve fame for large-scale orchestral music. He studied organ, orchestration, and composition in Germany and toured in Europe for three years. After returning to the US and settling in Boston in 1861, he became a member of the faculty of Harvard, a post that he retained for many years. He was one of the dominant musical figures on the musical scene in Boston and together with a group of other composers collectively known as the Boston Six, Paine was one of those responsible for the first significant body of concert music by... composers from the United States. The other five were George Chadwick, Horatio Parker, Arthur Foote, Edward MacDowell, and Amy Beach.
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| Birthdate: | January 9, 1839 |
| Birthplace: | Portland, Maine |
| Date of death: | April 25, 1906 |
| Also known as: | John Knowles Paine, Paine, John Knowles |