Abstract
Concerts devoted to the staples of the European choral-orchestral repertoire (Handel, Haydn, Mendelssohn) were a feature of Canadian musical life in the era between Confederation and the First World War. Typically the chorus was a local one comprising 150 to 400 voices, while in the absence of any local instrumental ensemble of sufficient size and competence the orchestra more often than not was brought in from Boston or Pittsburgh or Chicago. Toronto had three or four societies thriving on this sort of operation, and is often cited as one of the main centres of choral-music cultivation in North America during the period. But similar activities prevailed in Hamilton, Ottawa, and other Canadian cities—including the country's largest city at the time, Montreal.
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