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The Toronto Choral Society was founded in 1845.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.torontochoralsociety.org/about/about-history/ )〕 Music was a hugely popular form of entertainment for a rapidly growing and prosperous population, so a group of citizens formed a choral society in order to give concerts and foster the development of the local musical community. F.W. Barron, the headmaster of Upper Canada College, became the choir’s first president, and James P. Clarke, organist at St. James Cathedral, was its first conductor. ==1845 to 1900== The Choral Society’s debut concert took place at the opening of St. George the Martyr Church on June 25, 1845, with a diverse program including selections from Beethoven, Handel, Mozart and Rossini. That October, the choir’s second concert helped commemorate the King’s College Triennial, and the choir established the tradition of performing two concerts a year. When Toronto’s first streetcar line opened in 1861, the TCS was there to celebrate the occasion. In 1863, the choir performed at the opening of one of Toronto’s most beloved concert venues – Massey Hall. In 1872, the Toronto Choral Society presented the city’s very first performance of Handel’s Messiah – more than a century after the work was written. In 1860, TCS became a non-auditioned ensemble and that tradition also continues to this day. On his retirement in 1872, conductor James P. Clarke was succeeded by an equally distinguished musician, Dr. Edward Fisher, founder of the Toronto Conservatory of Music. He presented Mendelssohn’s Athalie in the Horticultural Gardens Pavilion, in what is now Allan Gardens. That venue continued to be used for special occasions such as the first concert of the season. In its early years, TCS actually commissioned and performed new compositions. Francesco D’Auria, who assumed the conductor’s post in 1892, directed the choir that year in the premiere of his own work Gulnare, with words by Mrs. Edgar Jarvis. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Toronto Choral Society」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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