tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24239169182538188442011-07-28T16:49:56.012-07:00Eric Aguilerahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15280865487811186619noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2423916918253818844.post-55171714281225058102009-11-18T07:49:00.000-08:002009-11-18T08:07:34.542-08:00<div><font face="verdana"></font><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKCncvV1Sfc/SwQZwc-UU_I/AAAAAAAAAAM/MD2EfDSel9Y/s1600/50542932.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405473772953424882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 242px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tKCncvV1Sfc/SwQZwc-UU_I/AAAAAAAAAAM/MD2EfDSel9Y/s320/50542932.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /> <br /><div><font face="times new roman"><font face="">John Knowles Paine was born in 1839 in Portland, Maine. He came from a musically talented family. Under the tutelage of Herman Kotzchmar, Paine studied organ, piano and harmony. He later went to Germany to study composition and counterpoint. In 1875 he became a professor of music at Harvard University, and was the first professor of music and the first American to write a symphony in the United</font> States</font>.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.angelfire.com/ar3/townevictorian/victorianmusic.html">full text</a></div><br /> <br /><div></div><br /> <br /><div><a href="http://www.angelfire.com/ar3/townevictorian/victorianmusic.html"></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2423916918253818844-5517171428122505810?l=ericaguilera1800s.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Eric Aguilerahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15280865487811186619noreply@blogger.com0