57e ANNÉE: 1883-84

Committee

President: Ambroise Thomas

Vice-Pres., 1r chef: E.-M.-E. Deldevez

2e chef: Jules Garcin

Secretary: Paul Taffanel

Comm. pers.: Ch. Turban

Comm. mat.: Tubeuf

Agt. compt.: Jacquard

Arch.-Caissier: Rabaud

Rép. chant: Heyberger

Memb. adj.: Masson

Insp. Salle: Flajollet

Caisse de Prévoyance

   Secretary: Lebouc

   Agt. compt.: Flajollet

   Treas.: Turban

Season

18 concerts

First performances: Mendelssohn: "Reformation" Symphony, movts. II-III. Wagner: Tannhäuser ov. New excerpts from Handel: Israel in Egypt and Meyerbeer: Struensée.

Living French composers: Lenepveu: Velléda

Guest Soloists: Mme Essipoff (Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5), Marsick (Vieuxtemps: D-Minor Concerto), Sarasate (Beethoven: Violin Concerto)

Assemblée Générale: 20 May 1884

Personnel

Sociétaires: none [see V-1883]

Separations: Porthéhaut (bass ch., 254, 291; retired, m. h.), Cléophas (bass ch., 392; resigned, m. h.), Grisy (tenor, 330; resigned, over-commitment as maître de chapelle, m. h.), Viguier (viola, 334; resigned, failing eyesight, m. h.)

Deaths: Quesne (bass ch. 275), Franchomme (cello, 034); also Prumier (harpist externe)

Sources

Minutes, Committee:  D 17345 (10)

Minutes, Assemblée Générale:

Secretary's Report: D 17341; secretary's report on Prix Rossini for AG 20-V-1884 in D 17337 (1)