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First Performance

Name: First Performance
Start: 1815-12-25
Location: King's Chapel (then Stone Chapel)

When: 1815-12-25
Where: King's Chapel (then Stone Chapel)
Part of: Handel and Haydn Society gives its first performance in Boston

The society made its debut on Christmas Day, December 25, 1815, at King's Chapel (then Stone Chapel), with a chorus of 90 men and 10 women.

The society made its debut on Christmas Day, December 25, 1815, at King's Chapel (then Stone Chapel), with a chorus of 90 men and 10 women. The society's aims were described as "cultivating and improving a correct taste in the performance of Sacred Music, and also to introduce into more general practice, the works of Handel, Haydn, and other eminent composers."

Sources

Handel and Haydn Society Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-08

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