Excerpt from History of the Handel and Haydn Society, of Boston, Massachusetts, Vol. 1
The Handel and Haydn Society has ever since its foundation been the object of sincere attachment on the part of its members, whose unfailing devotion to its interests has given it cohesion and continued vitality. To those who, having joined it as young men. have grown old in its service, few things in this world seem so important and so worthy of respect, and the personal interest which they take in its affairs ceases only with life. Like all genuine feeling, their enthusiasm is contagious. It permeates the chorus, and. by stimulating all to exertion in a common cause, gives strength and unity of effect to its performances.
That the members of an organization animated with such sentiments should wish to have its history written is natural, and the desire, long since manifested, would have been gratified ere this had it not been for circumstances over which they had no control. The Society first employed Dr. Luther Farnham as its historian, and then appointed Mr. Samuel Jennison in his place. This gentleman, who undertook the task as a labor of love, worked at it from 1873 to 1878 in the rare moments of leisure which he could snatch from the duties of his profession, and accumulated a great mass of material, consisting of extracts from printed books, letters from early members of the Society, newspaper cuttings, etc. He intended, as be states in a commenced introductory chapter, to cover the whole field of musical history in Boston, as, for instance, "the rise and fall of various singing and other musical associations; the introduction of music into the schools, the erection of the Music Hall and its organ; the establishment of educational institutions and conventions, and musical journals; the growth of musical criticism, the advent of Italian opera 'troupes' and of German orchestras, the visits of foreign musicians, the debuts' and careers of our own vocalists who have achieved distinction, the progress of the manufacture of instruments, and in short everything worthy of note connected with the advance of the art among us."
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