Boston Six or Second New England School. American composers.

Sat 26 May: The Hambleden Concerts 2012 - Music from around the World The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin Hambleden Hambleden, RG9 6RT

Tue 29 May: Composers Voice Jan Hus Church, 351 East 74th Street, New York

Sat 2 Jun: Music for a Royal Occasion Middleton Parish Church, New Lane, Middleton Manchester M24

Fri 8 Jun: Vienna Here and Now St Lawrence Hall, 157 King E, Toronto

Fri 8 Jun: Shakuhachi Concert Raixa, Bunyola, Spain

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Boston Six or Second New England School

American composers

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

Composers that were born in the USA, or gained the American nationality.

Group members

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

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