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Never on a Sunday: the Lord's Day Act of 1906 guaranteed one day a week off. But it didn't say you could have fun.(Forbidden travel)
In March 1921, Ernest MacMillan was preparing for a special benefit performance of Brahms's German Requiem at Timothy Eaton Memorial Church. The twenty-seven-year-old choirmaster had arranged for members of three Toronto choirs to sing the work, accompanied by forty five hired musicians.
Coordinating the singers of St. Andrew's Presbyterian, Deer Park Presbyterian, and Eaton Memorial Church was no easy task, and it was made more difficult because most of the professional musicians performed at city theatres during the week. Still, MacMillan had managed to book a full rehearsal for the afternoon of Sunday, March 20, just three days before recital.
Then ...
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