In Spring

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Symphony #2 in A Minor, 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,[1] 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.[2] Historian Louis Elson compared its final movement to Robert Schumann's Symphony in B flat, which is also subtitled "Spring".[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Kenneth C. Roberts and John C. Schmidt. "John Knowles Paine". Grove Music online.
  2. ^ a b Chase, Gilbert. America's Music. 3rd rev. edn., 1992, p. 342.