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boston six

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.58 in modern English

Syllables
boston six
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Six specific influential classical-music composers who lived during the late-19th and early-20th centuries in Boston, considered part of the Second New England School: John Knowles Paine (1839–1906), Arthur Foote (1853–1937), George Chadwick (1854–1931), Amy Beach (1867–1944), Edward MacDowell (1861–1908), and Horatio Parker (1863–1919).

American usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

the Boston Six (canonical)

Questions

What does boston six mean?
Six specific influential classical-music composers who lived during the late-19th and early-20th centuries in Boston, considered part of the Second New England School: John Knowles Paine (1839–1906), Arthur Foote (1853–1937), George Chadwick (1854–1931), Amy Beach (1867–1944), Edward MacDowell (1861–1908), and Horatio Parker (1863–1919).

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