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Joseph Payne
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Joseph Payne (1941 – 14 January 2008) was a British/Swiss German harpsichordist, clavichordist, organist and musicologist, best known for his pioneering recordings of early keyboard music. He was born in the Chahar province of China in 1941, the son of a British father, Joseph Sr. (c.1909-1955), and a Swiss German mother, Mina, who were missionaries to Mongolia. During his birth during World War II he lived at an internment camp in Shanghai. The family subsequently moved to England, where Payne received his primary education, and then to Switzerland. While studying at College de Vevey, Payne exhibited an interest in the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and started receiving musical education. Payne's family moved again, this time to Connecticut, where Joseph Sr. became the pastor of Faith Assembly of God in Hartford. However, Rev. Payne's health had been compromised by the tortures of the internment camp, from which he never fully recovered. He served the Hartford church from 1951 till a fatal heart attack on November 12, 1955, at age 46. (His death was a blow to the church, which under his leadership doubled in size.). Meanwhile, Joseph Jr. studied at Trinity College and Hartt College of Music; his teachers included Wanda Landowska and Fernando Valenti. While at Hartt, he met cellist Phoebe Joyce, who became his wife in 1966. The young couple settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Payne found a job as lecturer at Boston University and started a recording career. He was widel
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Thirty Sonatas for the Harpsichord
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Homework Hits Vol. 1: The Classical Study Hall
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Johan Pachelbel Complete Organworks Vol 01
The Complete Organ Works of Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706)
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Early English Organ Music, Vol. 1
Bach: 33 Chorale Preludes
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Johann Pachelbel: The Complete Organ Works, Vol. 3
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Johan Pachelbel Complete Organworks Vol 02
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The 99 Most Essential Renaissance Masterpieces
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The 50 Most Essential Renaissance Masterpieces
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Early English Organ Music, Vol. 2
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Bach, J.S.: Klavierbuchlein for Wilhelm Friedemann Bach