1887-88

61^e ANNÉE: 1887-88

Committee

President: Ambroise Thomas

Vice-Pres., 1^r chef: Jules Garcin

2^e chef: Jules Danbé

Secretary: Ferrand

Comm. pers.: Tubeuf

Comm. mat.: Thibault

Agt. compt.: Thierry

Arch.-Caissier: Rabaud

Rép. chant: Heyberger

Memb. adj.: Boisseau

Insp. Salle: Flajollet

Caisse de Prévoyance

Secretary: Taffanel

Agt. compt.: J. Lafitte

Treas.: Turban

Season

18 concerts + Prix Rossini (Chapuis: Les Jardins d'Armide, 29 April 1888).

First performances. Beethoven: Missa solemnis. Verdi: Pater noster. Litolff: Le Chant des Guelfes. Schumann, Paradise and the Peri, part II. Living French composers: Lalo: Rapsodie norwégienne, Dubois: Chant provençal, A. Holmès: Ludus pro patria. Massenet: Ov. Phèdre. Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3. Gounod: Mors e vita

Guest soloists: Mounet-Sully, actor (Holmès), Delaborde (Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5), Planté (Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1), Guilmant (Handel: Organ Concerto)

Assemblée Générale: 31 May 1888

Personnel

Aspirants en cas: Rieu (violin, [503]), Austruy (violin, [506]), Berguet (violin, [507]). Externe: Ch. Bourdeau (bassoon, [505])

Sociétaires (18 October 1887): Laforge (viola solo, 485), Prioré (viola, 486), Mache (violin, 487), J. Gaillard (viola, 488), Brun (violin solo, 489), Jacot (bassoon, 490); (25 October 1887): Gilbert (chant, 491), Mesme (chant, 492), Gaby (chant, 493), Périn (chant 494)

Separations: Conte (viola, 419; m. h., see deaths, below), Dufour (cello, 369; retired, m. h.), Mas (viola, 344; retired, m. h.), Rose (clarinet, 294; resigned, m. h.), Desjardins (violin, 428; resigned, m. h.)

Deaths: Muratet (violin, 415; retired, m. h.), Légée (bass ch., 364), Conte (viola, 419)

Sources

Minutes, Committee: D 17345 (11)

Minutes, Assemblée Générale:

Secretary's Report: D 17341