This week (August 27-31), as the State Fair hands out blue ribbons for first place, we'll hear a week of firsts: the first symphonies by five American composers.
Monday
John Knowles Paine: Symphony No. 1 (1876)
Tuesday
Don Gillis: Symphony No. 1 (An American Symphony) (1939)
Wednesday
Ned Rorem: Symphony No. 1 (1950)
Thursday
Christopher Theofanidis: Symphony No. 1 (2009)
Friday
William Grant Still: Symphony No. 1 ("Afro-American") (1930)
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