Boston Six or Second New England School.

Sun 12 Feb: IN DEEP SILENCE II Kasteel Cortewalle, Beveren, België

Tue 14 Feb: MEDEA for music theatre Stadsschouwburg, Leidseplein 26, Amsterdam, Nederland

Thu 16 Feb: MEDEA for music theatre NTGent, Sint Baafsplein 17, Gent, België

Sat 18 Feb: Centenary celebration Yvre l'Eveque, Le Mans, France

Sat 18 Feb: 2012 Nico Castel International Master Singer Competition Carnegie Hall 881 7th Ave New York

Submit concert

Today → (10 Feb)

Birthdays:

Johann Melchior Molter

Dying days:

Guillaume IX d’Aquitaine

James Nares

Antonio Bazzini

Grace Williams

Events:

(1878) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Premiere of Symphony no. 4 in f minor op. 36, in Moscow, Russia.

(1881) Jacques Offenbach: Premiere of Les Contes d'Hoffmann, in Paris, France.

(1927) Ernst Křenek: Premiere of Jonny Spielt Auf, in Leipzig, Germany.

(1935) Franz Schmidt: Premiere of piano concerto no. 2 for the left hand, in Vienna, Austria.

(1950) William Schuman: Premiere of the violin concerto, in Boston, USA.

Tomorrow →

Latest changes →

Witold Lutosławski (8 Feb)

Rodolfo Halffter (8 Feb)

Simone Gubini (7 Feb)

Leslie Mazur-Paark (7 Feb)

Panayiotis Demopoulos (7 Feb)

Ronald LoPresti (7 Feb)

Augusto Massari (7 Feb)

Chris Hutchings (7 Feb)

Gwyn Pritchard (7 Feb)

Walter Taieb (7 Feb)

Best visited →

Wolfgang Amadeus [Amadé] Mozart [1017]

Antonio Vivaldi [1002]

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky [771]

Ludwig van Beethoven [503]

Johann Sebastian Bach [489]

Johann Nepomuk Hummel [473]

Johannes Brahms [461]

Antonio Salieri [461]

Gustav Mahler [459]

Georges Bizet [447]

Find sheet music:

Sheet music suggestions

[details ←] New Studies in Technique (Etudes de Mecanisme , piano,

[details ←] Notturno (Evocasione) , alto saxophone, piano, sax, saxophone,

[details ←] High School Musical (2 Discs) (Karaoke CDG) , vocal, voice solo,

[details ←] High School Musical (Karaoke CD) , vocal, voice solo,

[details ←] A New Tune A Day, For Viola, Book 1 , viola,

[details ←] A New Tune A Day, For Acoustic Guitar, Book 1 , guitar,

[details ←] A New Tune A Day, For Piano, Book 1 , piano,

[details ←] A New Tune A Day, For Tenor Sax, Book 1 , Tenor saxophone, sax, saxophone,

[details ←] Featured Violinist Made Easy , violin,

[details ←] Featured Violinist , violin,

[details ←] Featured Flutist Made Easy

[details ←] Featured Flutist

Classical Sheet Music and MP3 accompaniment: download instantly at Virtual Sheet Music^®

Get a $5.00 Music Credit and download a free album for your iPod® or any MP3 player!

Refine group

→ By nationality

→ By period

→ By instrument

These were the first composers to write “classical” music in America.

Group members

Beach, Amy Marcy (1867–1944)
Chadwick, George Whitefield (1854–1931)
Foote, Arthur William (1853–1937)
MacDowell, Edward (1860–1908)
Paine, John Knowles (1839–1906)
Parker, Horatio (1863–1919)

Login