The musicians argue that such changes would cause them to lose ground with their peers and undermine a fabled symphonic tradition.

Paine is noted for beginning American's symphonic tradition.

Was it any surprise that so many young people found it hard to see the symphonic tradition as a living art form worth their interest?

His symphonies are a significant contribution to the genre during a period when the French symphonic tradition was otherwise in decline.

The point is that the great Baroque foundation of the symphonic tradition became off limits.

When I look at our American symphonic tradition, I find many important works that are almost lost.

This was due to his rejection of the Austro-German symphonic tradition.

Nor was there much that extended beyond the symphonic tradition.

All they shared was the same debt to the German symphonic tradition that everyone before them had incurred.

It is one of his first major works to incorporate American vernacular music within a classical symphonic tradition.