Paine, John Knowles. (1839 - 1906). Signed Photograph with AMQS. Original cabinet photograph by J. Notman of Boston, signed and inscribed on the recto with a 2- measure autograph musical quotation incorporated into the inscription "[Toujours je suis] your sincere friend, John K. Paine. In fine condition. 11 x 16.5 cm.
An important figure in American music history, Paine, a composer and teacher, "was the first native-born American to win acceptance as a composer of large-scale concert music, and one of the first to be named professor of music in an American university (Harvard)... He met and played for Clara Schumann; and he was affected by the rediscovery of the music of Bach then current in Berlin...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... Paine nourished the Harvard community with over 100 original musical compositions for use in campus plays, concerts and other diversions...Throughout his career, Paine’s music in general was characterized by a strong sense of tonality, by regular metric organization and distinctive rhythmic figuration, by sensitive orchestration and textural devices, and by controlled harmony marked by an increasing chromaticism." (Grove Online)
An important figure in American music history, Paine, a composer and teacher, "was the first native-born American to win acceptance as a composer of large-scale concert music, and one of the first to be named professor of music in an American university (Harvard)... He met and played for Clara Schumann; and he was affected by the rediscovery of the music of Bach then current in Berlin...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... Paine nourished the Harvard community with over 100 original musical compositions for use in campus plays, concerts and other diversions...Throughout his career, Paine’s music in general was characterized by a strong sense of tonality, by regular metric organization and distinctive rhythmic figuration, by sensitive orchestration and textural devices, and by controlled harmony marked by an increasing chromaticism." (Grove Online)
Paine, John Knowles. (1839 - 1906). Signed Photograph with AMQS. Original cabinet photograph by J. Notman of Boston, signed and inscribed on the recto with a 2- measure autograph musical quotation incorporated into the inscription "[Toujours je suis] your sincere friend, John K. Paine. In fine condition. 11 x 16.5 cm.
An important figure in American music history, Paine, a composer and teacher, "was the first native-born American to win acceptance as a composer of large-scale concert music, and one of the first to be named professor of music in an American university (Harvard)... He met and played for Clara Schumann; and he was affected by the rediscovery of the music of Bach then current in Berlin...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... Paine nourished the Harvard community with over 100 original musical compositions for use in campus plays, concerts and other diversions...Throughout his career, Paine’s music in general was characterized by a strong sense of tonality, by regular metric organization and distinctive rhythmic figuration, by sensitive orchestration and textural devices, and by controlled harmony marked by an increasing chromaticism." (Grove Online)
An important figure in American music history, Paine, a composer and teacher, "was the first native-born American to win acceptance as a composer of large-scale concert music, and one of the first to be named professor of music in an American university (Harvard)... He met and played for Clara Schumann; and he was affected by the rediscovery of the music of Bach then current in Berlin...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... Paine nourished the Harvard community with over 100 original musical compositions for use in campus plays, concerts and other diversions...Throughout his career, Paine’s music in general was characterized by a strong sense of tonality, by regular metric organization and distinctive rhythmic figuration, by sensitive orchestration and textural devices, and by controlled harmony marked by an increasing chromaticism." (Grove Online)