70e ANNÉE: 1896-97

Committee

President: Théodore Dubois

Vice-Pres., 1r chef: Paul Taffanel

2e chef: Thibault

Secretary: Chavy

Comm. pers.: Bernard

Comm. mat.: Gaillard

Agt. compt.: Ch. Turban

Arch.-Caissier: Rabaud

Rép. chant: Samuel-Rousseau

Memb. adj.: Vernaelde

Insp. Salle: Granger

Caisse de Prévoyance

   Secretary: Paul Taffanel

   Agt. compt.: Rabaud

   Treas.: Lafitte

Season

18 concerts

First performances: Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C Major. Liszt: Les Préludes. Franck: Psyché complete. Bizet: Patrie ov.

Living French composers: Dubois: Le Paradis perdu excpt. Saint-Saëns: Fifth Piano Concerto. Samuel-Rousseau: Libera me

Guest soloists: Sarasate (Mendelssohn Violin Concerto), Louis Diémer (Saint-Saëns Piano Concerto No. 5), Teresina Tua (Bruch: Violin Concerto), Alexandre Guilmant (Handel Organ Concerto)

Other: Fire; transition to Opéra

Assemblée Générale: 24 May 1897

Personnel

Sociétaires (20 October 1896): Mimart (clarinet, 549), Reine (horn, 550), Lammers (violin, 551), Balbreck (viola, 552), Luciani (tenor, 553), Mittelet (tenor, 554), Betbéder (bass, 555)

Separations: Rieu (violin, 503; resigned, left Paris), Aubéry (bass, 410; resigned, illness, m. h.), Lebrun (violin, 348; retired, m. h.)

Deaths: Garcin (conductor, 333), Dorus (flute, 175), Portéhaut (violin, 287), Mas (viola, 344), Blachère (trombone, 440)

Sources

Minutes, Committee: D 17345 (13)

Minutes, Assemblée Générale:

Secretary's Report: D 17340 [sic.; in folder largely devoted to statutes]