Here’s another quote from that book “In The Dark Streets Shineth” by David McCollough. These words were shared with the listeners of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir special for Christmas a few years back.

“Music is a part of our history. It is an expression of who we are and the times we’ve known, our highs, our lows, and so much that we love. Take away American music from the American story and you take away a good part of the soul of the story.

“Impossible to imagine life in America without it—without “Shenandoah” or “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.” Or Gershwin or Copland or Scott Joplin.

“Or the music of Christmas in America.” (”In The Dark Streets Shineth” by David McCollough, 2010, pages 1-2).

Such music reminds everyone of a kinder, gentler season on Earth.