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Synopsis

American composer and organist

1839 born in Portland, Maine to a family of musicians.
1850's took lessons in organ and composition from Hermann Kotzschmar.
1855 completed his first composition, a string quartet.
1857 gave his first solo organ recital, and was appointed organist of Portland's Haydn Society, where he gave a series of concerts.
1858-61 traveled to Berlin, where he studied organ with Karl-August Haupt and composition with Wilhelm Friedrich Wieprecht. He travelled and concertized in Europe as well.
1861 returned to Boston, where he gave a series of organ recitals and public lectures on musical style, forms, and history.
1866-67 travelled again in Germany.
1873-1905 became a music professor at Harvard University, where he helped form the core curriculum for Harvard's new music department. He was the first music professor in America.
He was a charter member of the American Guild of Organists.
1906 died in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Paine was heavily influenced by the German music world. His teachers were all German, and he was much affected by the revival of the music of Bach which was occurring in Berlin while he was there. He was also influenced by Schumann and Mendelssohn.

For details, see the Wikipedia article on John Knowles Paine.

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 ==Synopsis==
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+American composer and organist
-* ?birth year? born in ?birth city?
+* 1839 born in Portland, Maine to a family of musicians.
-* ?year of event? ?city of event? ?short description of event?
+* 1850's took lessons in organ and composition from Hermann Kotzschmar.
-* ?year of event? ?city of event? ?short description of event?
+* 1855 completed his first composition, a string quartet.
-* ?year of death? died in ?city of death?
+* 1857 gave his first solo organ recital, and was appointed organist of Portland's Haydn Society, where he gave a series of concerts.
+* 1858-61 traveled to Berlin, where he studied organ with Karl-August Haupt and composition with Wilhelm Friedrich Wieprecht. He travelled and concertized in Europe as well.
+* 1861 returned to Boston, where he gave a series of organ recitals and public lectures on musical style, forms, and history.
+* 1866-67 travelled again in Germany.
+* 1873-1905 became a music professor at Harvard University, where he helped form the core curriculum for Harvard's new music department. He was the first music professor in America.
+* He was a charter member of the American Guild of Organists.
+* 1906 died in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
-For details, see the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/?first_middle_last as listed in Wikipedia article?].
+Paine was heavily influenced by the German music world. His teachers were all German, and he was much affected by the revival of the music of Bach which was occurring in Berlin while he was there. He was also influenced by Schumann and Mendelssohn.
+For details, see the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Knowles_Paine Wikipedia article on John Knowles Paine].
 ==List of Organ Works==