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 | | In the Moravian community of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the early nineteenth century, Whitmonday (the Monday following Pentecost) came to be celebrated as a general music festival and informal anniversary of the Philharmonic Society of Bethlehem. |
 | | The inhabitants of the town would gather outdoors, on the banks of the Lehigh River, and enjoy the spring weather, conversation, and music. |
 | | David Moritz Michael (17511827), who initiated the use of the wind ensemble for the Whitmonday celebration, wrote two suites specifically for this day: the Wasserfahrt, or Water Journey, in 1809, and Suiten Bey einer Quelle zu blasen, or Suites to Play by a Spring, presumably in 1810. |
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