John Knowles Paine
(January 9, 1839 -- April 25, 1906),
was the first American-born composer to achieve fame for large-scale orchestral music.
The senior member of 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 Amy Beach, Arthur Foote, Edward MacDowell, George Chadwick, and Horatio Parker.
Symphony No.1 in C-minor, Op.23 (1875)
Mov.I: Allegro con brio 00:00
Mov.II: Allegro vivace 11:05
Mov.III: Adagio 18:43
Mov.IV: Allegro vivace 28:47
Orchestra: New York Philharmonic
Conductor: Zubin Mehta
Symphony No 2 in A major Op. 34
Work: Symphony No.2 in A-major, Op.34 "Im frühling" (1879) scored for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani, strings.
I. Introduction - Adagio sostenuto; Allegro ma non troppo - 00:00
II. Scherzo - Allegro - 15:39
III. Adagio - 25:44
IV. Allegro Giojoso - 40:03
Symphony No. 2 in A major, subtitled Im Frühling or In Spring, is the second symphony by American composer John Knowles Paine. The symphony was composed in 1879 and published in Boston in 1880, at a time when few American composers were able to find publishers for symphonic works. It was also premiered in Boston in 1880, and was extremely well received, prompting handkerchief-waving and shouting at the first performance.