Paine, John Knowles

PAINE, John Knowles, born at Portland, Maine,U.S.A., Jan. 9, 1839. His earliest teacher in piano, organ, and composition was Hermann Kotzschmar, of Portland. He made his first appearance in public as an organist, in his native city, June 25, 1857; and on Jan. 1, 1858, was intrusted with the organ accompaniments to ‘The Messiah,’ without the assistance of an orchestra. In the same year he went to Berlin for three years, and studied the organ, composition,...