John Knowles Paine (1839-1906)

Biography
In the 1850s Paine took lessons in organ and composition from Teacher::Hermann Kotzschmar, completing his first composition, a string quartet, in 1855 at the age of 16.

On arrival in Europe Paine studied organ with Teacher::Carl August Haupt and orchestration with Teacher::Wilhelm Friedrich Wieprecht in Berlin.

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