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Identifier: historyofhandelh23perk (find matches)
Title: History of the Handel and Haydn Society (founded A.D. 1815)
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Perkins, Charles C. (Charles Callahan), 1823-1886 Dwight, John Sullivan, 1813-1893 Bradbury, William F. (William Frothingham), 1829-1914 Guild, Courtenay, 1863-1946 Handel and Haydn Society (Boston, Mass.)
Subjects: Handel and Haydn Society (Boston, Mass.) Choral societies
Publisher: Boston : Alfred Mudge & Son, printers
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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<X w HHO < w < 1/5 DO u PREFACE THIRTY YEARS MORE The history of the Handel and Haydn Society of Boston, pub-lished in 1893, covered the years from 1815 to 1851 written byCharles C. Perkins, and from 1851 to 1890 written by John S.Dwight. William F. Bradbury carried the story forward from1890 to 1903 in a book published in 1903, and I was asked to con-tribute a continuation of the history from the point reached byMr. Bradburys work, I believe it is the wish of my fellow officers that my nameshould appear as author of this history of thirty years of the oldSociety. I confess that I wrote every word of the story, but ourfaithful Treasurer, George M. Brooks, did a very large part ofthe work in furnishing the material from the records of the Society,searching through our library for cuts appropriate for use, pre-paring an up-to-date list of members of the chorus, and furnishingthe enthusiastic interest in the history that induced me to writethe story and caused our fellow directo

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