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==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
?Nationality? ?composer, organist, and/or teacher or?
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. Corliss Arnold specifically mentions his ''Concert Variations on the Austrian Hymn'', composed in 1860, as being noteworthy. His ''Variations on The Star Spangled Banner'' and on ''Ein feste Burg'' are also popular.
 
A valentine to George Henschel, conductor of the Boston Orchestra, in 1883:
 
Oh, Henschel, cease thy higher flight!
 
And give the public something light;
 
Let no more Wagner themes thy bill enhance
 
And give the native workers just one chance.
 
Don’t give the Dvořák symphony again;
 
If you would give us joy, oh give us Paine!
 
Paine, John Knowles
 
For details, see the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Knowles_Paine Wikipedia article on John Knowles Paine].


==List of Organ Works==
==List of Organ Works==
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| Op. ?? || [[Title]] || year  
| Op. 1 no. 2 || [[Prelude and Fugue in G minor]] || 1859
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| Op. ?? || [[Prelude in C minor]] || year  
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| Op. 2 no. 1 || [[Fantasia and Fugue]] || 1860
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| Op. ?? || [[Title]] || year
| Op. 2 no. 2 || [[Doppel Fue über Heil dir im Siebeskranz]] || 1860 
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| Op. ?? || [[Title]] || year
| Op. 2 || [[Concert Variations on Old Hundred]] || 1861
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| Op. ?? || [[Title]] || year
| Op. 3 || [[Concert Variations on the Austrian Hymn]] || 1860
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| Op. ?? || [[Title]] || year
| Op. 4 || [[Concert Variations on The Star Spangled Banner]] || 1861
|-
|-
| Op. ?? || [[Title]] || year
| Op. 17 || [[Andante con Variazioni]] || 1863
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|-
| Op. ?? || [[Title]] || year  
| Op. 13 || [[Fantasie über Ein feste Burg]] || 1869
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| Op. 19 || [[Deux Preludes]] || 1892
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| Op. ?? || [[Presto]] || year  
|}
|}


==Background and General Perspectives on Performing These Organ Works==
==Background and General Perspectives on Performing These Organ Works==
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According to Oxford Music Online,
"Paine modeled his early works upon the style of the masters he had studied, especially Bach and the Viennese classicists...Then, in a desire to align himself with musical progress (even after having written scathingly against the corruption of chromaticism), Paine altered his musical style by infusing it with greater chromatic activity, although never losing the strength and vigor of his individual style."


==Registration and Organs==
==Registration and Organs==
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===Free Online===
===Free Online===
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Concert Variations on the Austrian Hymn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9rY_05GjVI
 
Variations on Ein feste Burg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpFzVPmM_QU
 
Fugue on The Star Spangled Banner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIlVNC5Vg_Q


===Pay to Listen===
===Pay to Listen===

Latest revision as of 18:32, 17 November 2014

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. Corliss Arnold specifically mentions his Concert Variations on the Austrian Hymn, composed in 1860, as being noteworthy. His Variations on The Star Spangled Banner and on Ein feste Burg are also popular.

A valentine to George Henschel, conductor of the Boston Orchestra, in 1883:

Oh, Henschel, cease thy higher flight!

And give the public something light;

Let no more Wagner themes thy bill enhance

And give the native workers just one chance.

Don’t give the Dvořák symphony again;

If you would give us joy, oh give us Paine!

Paine, John Knowles

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

List of Organ Works

Click to sort by opus number, title, or year of composition or publication
Opus Title Year
Op. 1 no. 2 Prelude and Fugue in G minor 1859
Op. ?? Prelude in C minor year
Op. 2 no. 1 Fantasia and Fugue 1860
Op. 2 no. 2 Doppel Fue über Heil dir im Siebeskranz 1860
Op. 2 Concert Variations on Old Hundred 1861
Op. 3 Concert Variations on the Austrian Hymn 1860
Op. 4 Concert Variations on The Star Spangled Banner 1861
Op. 17 Andante con Variazioni 1863
Op. 13 Fantasie über Ein feste Burg 1869
Op. 19 Deux Preludes 1892
Op. ?? Presto year

Background and General Perspectives on Performing These Organ Works

According to Oxford Music Online, "Paine modeled his early works upon the style of the masters he had studied, especially Bach and the Viennese classicists...Then, in a desire to align himself with musical progress (even after having written scathingly against the corruption of chromaticism), Paine altered his musical style by infusing it with greater chromatic activity, although never losing the strength and vigor of his individual style."

Registration and Organs

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See the footnote in the "Notes" section at the bottom of the page[1]

Fingering and Pedaling

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Scores and Editions

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Recordings

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Free Online

Concert Variations on the Austrian Hymn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9rY_05GjVI

Variations on Ein feste Burg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpFzVPmM_QU

Fugue on The Star Spangled Banner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIlVNC5Vg_Q

Pay to Listen

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Other Resources

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Notes

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