Continuing the Christmas-themed music this month, here's a short piece by John Knowles Paine (1839-1906), who was the first American-born composer to earn widespread recognition for his larger-scale symphonic works. But his smaller compositions, including his piano pieces, have been largely forgotten, even though he went on to become an influential music professor at Harvard. "Christmas Gift," a piece I think Scott Drayco is familiar with, is one of his earliest published works—from Paine's Opus 7 composed in 1862 when he was 23—played here by pianist Christopher Atzinger:
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December 18, 2022
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