Paine, John Knowles. (1839 - 1906) Signed Photograph with AMQSOriginal cabinet photograph by J. Notman of Boston, signed and inscribed on the recto with a 2 measure autograph musical quotation incorporated into the inscription "[Toujours je suis] your sincere friend, John K. Paine. In fine condition. 11 x 16. 5 cm. An important figure in American music history, Paine, a composer and teacher, "was the first native born American to win acceptance as a composer of large scale concert music, and one of the first to