"American classical music launched in earnest on Christmas Day of 1815. The Boston Handel and Haydn Society unveiled excerpts from European oratorios, and concluded with a rousing 'Hallelujah' chorus. 'There is nothing to compare with it; it is the wonder of the nation,' proclaimed one critic. Next year, the Society will celebrate its two-hundredth anniversary. How many other American phenomena have endured for two centuries?" (William Robin, The New Yorker, Jan. 29, 2014)
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