Successions

Presidents of the Société des Concerts
(Directors of the Conservatoire)

Luigi Cherubini     –     1828 to 15 March 1842     –      (died in office). Elected by statute 7 November 1833.

Daniel F.  E. Auber     –     1 May 1842 to May 1871     –     died in office

Ambroise Thomas     –     4 October 1871 to 12 February 1896 (died in office)

Théodore Dubois     –      30 May 1896 to 1 May 1905 (had served as chorusmaster, 1871-72). Elected honorary president, 1 May 1905.

Gabriel Fauré     –     1 May 1905 to 1920

Henri Rabaud     –     1920 to 1941

Charles Munch     –     1941to1946     –     from Rabaud's resignation in 1941 as director of the Conservatoire until Munch's resignation/dismissal as 1r chef in September 1946, Munch was listed as president and Delvincourt as honorary president.

Claude Delvincourt     –     , 1941 (honorary president) and 1946 (president) to 5 April 1954 (died in office)

Marcel Dupré     –     , 1954 to 1956 (interim Director of the Conservatoire)

Raymond Loucheur     –     1956 to 1962

Raymond Gallois-Montbrun     –     1962 to 1967     –      dissolution

Conductors

François-Antoine Habeneck     –     1828 to 1848 186 concerts. Died 1849,

Narcisse Girard     –     18 October 1848 to 17 January 1860 112 concerts. Died in office.

Théophile Tilmant, aîné     –     5 May 1860 to 17 November 1863 12 concerts under Girard. 41 concerts. retired; died 1878

François George-Hainl     –     21 December 1863 to 25 May 1872 116 concerts. First concert 10 January 1864; honorary vice-president, 25 May 1872

E.-M.-E. Deldevez     –     25 May 1872 to 23 May 1885 4 concerts under Hainl; 187 concerts. honorary president, 23 May 1885; died November 1897. First concert 1873?

Jules Garcin     –     2 June 1885 to 27 May 1892. 12 concerts under Deldevez

Paul Taffanel     –     3 June 1892 to 7 May 1901

Georges Eugène Marty     –     12 June 1901 to 11 October 1908 (died in office)

André Messager     –     26 October 1908 to 13 May 1919 honorary vice president, 13 May 1919, ratified 3 June; died 24 February 1929

Philippe Gaubert     –     30 May 1919 to 31 March 1938 honorary vice president, 9 April 1938; died 8 July 1941

Charles Munch     –     1938 to 1946

André Cluytens     –     19 May 1946 to 9 January 1960

No 1r chef     –     January 1960 to 1967

2d Chefs

Tilmant ainé

Deldevez     –     1860–­72

Lamoureux     –     25 May 1872     –     repl. Deldevez

Altès 2e     –     31 October 1877 repl. Lamoureux

Jules Garcin     –     27 May 1881 –­ 2 June 1885 

Jules Danbé     –     2 June 1885 ­ – 3 June 1892 repl. Garcin

Paul Taffanel     –     1892 ­

Désiré Thibault     –     17 June 1892 ­ 1 October 1901 repl. Danbé

Auguste Victor Gasser     –     1901­92 to finish mandate of Thibault; not elected 1902

Édouard Nadaud (470)     –     1902–­03     –     dem. Nadaud, Édouard (Louis). Violin solo. 470.  

Gianini     –     1903­04

Philippe Gaubert     –     1905­18

Tracol 1919­to23     –     

Eugène Bigot     –     1924­25     –     elected 13 October 1923; non élu 1925

Jean Martinon     –     946?

Répétiteurs de Chant

Kuhn     –     1828 to 15-V-1837

Benoit     –     15-V-37 ­ 20-V-1849

Garaudé de Colombelle     –     1850 - 1854

Eugène Vauthrot 6 November     –     1854 - 9 October 1866     –     resigned; too busy with other duties

Joseph Charlot     –     28 October 1866­1871     –     not re-elected

Theodore Dubois     –     4-X-1871 ­ 26­X­1872 repl. Charlot (resigned 3 September 1872)

Lafitte 26 October     –     1872 ­ 25 November 1874 (dem. 7-X-1874, santé)

Joseph Heyberger     –     1874­92 (died)

Paul Vidal interim     –     (1892; declined to run)

Samuel Rousseau     –     1892- 15 June 1901 (resigned because lost election for 1r chef to Marty, very narrowly)

Emile Schvartz     –     1902­06

Jean Gallon     –     22-V-1906 repl. Schvartz, dem.

Felix Le Roux     –     1914 - dissolution of chorus

Violin I (concertmaster)

Tilmant aîné     –      (1828-60); Urhan asst.

Dancla     –      (1860-63)

Alard     –      1864­65

Gout     –     ?

Lamoureux     –      1876­77

Garcin     –      1884

Jules Danbé     –      (361) 2 June 1885 - 3 June 1892

Henri Berthelier     –     1892-95

Édouard Nadaud (470)      –     c. 1895 -­ 23 May 1903

P[ierre] Alfred Brun     –     23 June 1903

1904[?]­1924

Emile Loiseau     –     1924 ­ 20 April 1929

Henri Merckel     –     18 May 1929 to mid-season 1834

Roland Charmy     –     1934­

Nérini ­end     –     

Violin II

Clavel     –     1828

Alard     –     17 November 1844, [1859]

Marie Mas     –     1863

Millaut     –     1864­65

Garcin     –     1877

Arthur Boisseau (398)     –     14 October 1884 - 6 June 1900

Firmin Touche      –     1901

Gasser     –     1902

Heymann      –     1903

André Tracol     –     1904 (USA) through 1932

André Tourret     –     1910­1913

Luquin     –     11-XI-1931

André Huot ­     –     1949

Pierre Simon     –     5-III-1949 to end

Viola

Amédée     –     1828

Seuriot     –     1847, 1859

Viguier     –     1864­65

Fridrich     –     1877

Marie Mas     –     1884

Théophile Édouard Laforge (485)     –     18 October 1887 -

Trombetta     –     4-VI-1895 ­ 1897

Gianini     –     1904 - 1906 (retired)

Migard     –     

Vieux     –     1906 (concours) ­14

Villain, Pierre     –     1921 ­

Balout ­     –     end

Cello

Norblin 1828

Auguste Franchomme 1859

Hippolyte Rabaud (377) 15 June 1886 -

Jacquard 1877, 1884

Céléstin Ernest Cros-Saint-Ange (456) 7 and 23 June 1903 - 29 May 1906

Georges Alfred Papin 1907 ­ was in US tour

Loëb 1-VI­1898

Maréchal, Maurice 1921­25?

Alfred Zighéra 1924­25 solo

Auguste Cruque 1925­

Albin

Robert Cordier 1954­end

Double Bass

Chénié 1828

Mathieu 1847

Gouffé 1859, 1864

Verrimst 1877, 1894

Lejolivet 1880­

Charpentier 1904

Louis Alfred Martin 1908­09

Soyer USA

Gasparini 1933

Logerot 1939

Cazauran

Flute

Jean Louis Tulou (089)     –     4 March 1828 – 1856

Louis Dorus (175)     –     1856 – 4 November 1868

Paul Taffanel (370)     –     1868 – 3 June 1892 (elected conductor)

Adolphe Hennebains (529)     –     30 May 1893 – 1913

Philippe Gaubert (576)     –     1913 – 30 May 1919 (elected conductor)

Marcel Moyse (662)     –     24 June 1919 (asp. actif) – 19 October 1938

Lucien Lavaillotte (689)     –     19 October 1938 – 11 May 1958

Henri Lebon (1948.2)     –     11 May 1958 – c. 1964

Michel Debost (1962.1)     –     c. 1964 – 1967

Oboe

Gustave Vogt (094)     –     4 March 1828 – 13 December 1842

Louis Auguste Vény (092)     –     December 1842 – 21 August 1848

Louis Cras (293)     –     13 November 1857 – c. 1877

Georges Gillet (425)     –     17 April 1877 – 1900

Louis Bleuzet (577)     –     1 June 1901 – 4 June 1938

Roland Lamorlette (756)     –     15 June 1938 – (solo externe; sociétare 10 May 1939) to 7 March 1953

Jules Goetgheluck (1953.5)     –     31 March 1953 – 26 May 1957

Robert Casier (1955.3)     –     11 May 1958 –­1967

Clarinet

Isaac François Dacosta (022)     –     4 March 1828 to 10 January 1843

Claude François Buteux (016)     –     1843 to 11 August 1855

Adolphe Leroy (265)     –     c. 1855 to 1871

Cyrille Rose (294)     –     c. 1871 to 7 June 1887

Charles Turban     –     

Prosper Mimart (549)     –     20 October 1896 to May 1914

Louis Costes (640)     –     23 June 1914 to 1933

François Etienne (726)     –     June 1933 through 14-IV-1955 dem

André Boutard (1948.5)     –     June 1956 to 1967

Bassoon

Henry     –     1828

Richmans     –     

Barizel     –     1847

Kocken     –     1859, 1864 retired 1865

Verroust     –     1877, 1884

Léon Letellier     –     1904, USA

Fr. Oubradous     –     

Ferd. Oubradous fils     –     1939

Dhellemes     –     

Horn

Louis François Dauprat (024)     –     1828

Jean-Baptiste Mengal (063)     –     1857

Mohr     –     1859

Rousselot     –     1864

Baneux     –     1877

Brémond     –     1884

Vuillermoz     –     1904 - 1906 resigned

Reine     –     1906

Jules Vialet     –     USA (actually he didn't go)

Reumont     –     1937, repl. Vuillermoz, dem. 1938

     –     

Lucien Thevet      –     1939

Trumpet

Dauverné     –     1828

Dubois aîné     –     1859, 1864

Teste     –     1877, 1884

Lachanaux     –     

Pierre Vignal     –     1921­

Emmanuel Chaine     –     USA

Vignal     –     

Deruyck     –     1939

Menardi     –     

Trombone

Barbier     –     

Antoine Dieppo     –     5 November 1838 - 30 July 1867

Cerclier     –     1877 is he a timp. player? see below [there were several Cerlicers]

Blachère     –     1884

L. Allard     –     1904

Henri Couillaud     –     USA

Galiègue     –     

Tuba

Pavart     –     1828

Lehou ext     –     1859

Moreau (oph)     –     1864

Clayette     –     1884

Joseph Brousse (612)     –     June 1908 - May 1924 first true sociétaire

Louis Appaire (693)     –     May 1924 - 1935

Pavoni     –     1935 ­

Mari     –     22-V-1951

Lelong     –     

Timpani

Schneitzhoeffer     –     

Charles François Poussard     –     

Gustave Alexis Émery (Esmery)     –     1859, 1864

Weber     –     ext 1877

Cerclier     –     1884

Nestor Frédéric Placide Demarquette (511)     –     1891 to 1904 or 1906

Joseph Baggers     –     ext.

Alphonse Lafitte     –     ext. 1905-192?

Perret     –     

Passerone     –     1939

Delecluse     –     

Harp

Edmond Larivière      –     ext

Lambert (Lambert Dretzen)     –      named externe, 17 January 1842; 1859, 1864

Prumier     –     1877 ext

Hasselmans     –     1884

Robert     –     resigned 1906

Raphaël Martenot     –     externe 1906 -

Martenot (1875-1918), Opéra-Comique, Société des Concerts; interim prof. Conservatoire (1914 et 1916). Méthode de harpe.

Jacob     –     

Victor Coeur     –     1919-42

Alys Lautemann     –          –     1906-1995

Gallais     –     

Organ 

(all externe)

Alexandre Guilmant     –      23 April 1878 - 1911

Joseph Bonnet     –     1911 -

Georges Jacob     –     ( ... 1922 ... )

Maurice Duruflé     –     1939

The Sociétaires solo

The designation sociétaire solo was originally created in order to have a category for celebrated performers who were expected to appear when invited but not otherwise to attend the functions required of all other members. Most were enrolled in the registers with matriculation numbers, though a few (Roger, Massol, Mme Viardot) were simply mentioned in the minutes. The practice disappeared in the 1850s and was replaced in the 1880s by the system of naming the principal players solo.

Instrumentalists

Kalkbrenner (piano, 048)
Baillot (violin, 153)

Singers

Levasseur (bass, 055)
Massol (tenor, baritone, 059)
Nourrit (tenor, 071)
Ponchard aîné (tenor, 076)
Ponchard jeune (tenor, 111)
Dabadie (bass 121)
Dérivis fils (bass, 132)
Lafont (violin, 133)
Duprez (tenor, 162)
Alizard (bass, 184)
Battaille (bass, 244)
[Hermann Léon] (bass, 15 December 1844)
[Roger, Gustave] (tenor, 15 December 1844)
[Morelli] (?tenor, 27 January 1852)
[Gueymard, Louis] (22 December 1852)
[Belval] (tenor, AG 18 May 1862)

Mmes:
Dabadie (soprano, 021)
Damoreau (soprano, 023)
Mori (soprano, 067)
Gras-Dorus (soprano, 122)
Falcon (soprano, 147)
Nau (soprano, 161)
[Viardot] (mezzo-soprano, 4 April 1842)
Stolz (soprano, 223)
Lavoye aîné (soprano, 224)
Bockholz (soprano, 225)
Dobré (soprano, 226)
Castellan (soprano, 246)
Boulart (soprano, 288)
[Laborde] (10 February 1852)


The Sociétaires honoraire

From time to time important friends of the Société des Concerts, usually frequent guest soloists, were named sociétaire honoraire—a different category, of course, than the honorary membership accorded members on their retirement.

Gabrielle Krauss, soprano     –     (AG 15 May 1870)
Louis Diémer, piano     –     AG 30 May 1899)
E. M. Delaborde, piano     –     AG 1906)
Édouard Lachanaud, trumpet      –     (562, retired in 1912 as m. h.), for covering Emmanuel Chaine's "defection" in 1919 (Com. 20 April 1920)
Walter Damrosch, conductor     –     on the occasion of the New York Symphony's Paris appearances, May 1920 (Com. viva voce 8 May, recorded 11 May 1920)
Jascha Heifetz, violin     –     (Com. 21 February 1926), in the foyer after the splendid concert of that evening
Mme Louise Maillot , donor    –     (donor, 28 May 1929)
Zino Francescatti     –      (8 May 1935), donated his fee to the musicians' fund
Georges Enesco     –     (5 May 1936)

Garçons d'Orchestre

M. de Lope (1830)
M. Renouf (1836ff.; died 1849)
M. Lescot, père
M. Lescot, fils (d. November 1882); he was also concierge at the Conservatoire
20 francs / month ("same as his father"): 20 April 1869; 30 francs / month for MM. Lescot père and fils: 9 January 1872
his successor (unnamed, earned 60 francs per month)
M. Jules Lescot (1889)
MM. Giboin and Nicet (1907, 1917(; see Nicet-Aubert, below)
(Fernand) Pierre Gromer (1945-16 May 1952; dismissed)
Joseph Garcia (b. 22 September 1925, Clermont-Ferrand; 1 July 1952-1956; starting salary 20,000ff. / month); régisseur of Orchestre de Paris; resigned 22 September 1978. Also employed by Pathé-Marconi
M. Nicet-Aubert
Prosper Legoff, Le Goff (b. 20 October 1901, Pouldreuzie 29 (September 1956-1967); served OdP as régisseur until he retired 15 April 1970.

Secretarial / Administrative Staff  

[M. Jullien, aide archivisite-caisser, as per article 20 of statutes; mentioned January 1874 as ill; retired or died before 5 May 1874]
M. Frémaux, first salaried staff employee to all members of the committee, per revised article 20 (July 1774-d. March 1878 ).

He was former professor of horn at the Marseille Conservatory, equipment manager at the Opéra-Comique, and probably the father of Paul Frémaux (cello, 448). His salary was 1,200 francs per annum.

M. Housset, employé of committee (March 1878-d. March 1880); appointed 26 March 1878, salary of 1,200 francs.
M. Housset, fils, to continue his duties (he d. March 1880 as well); M. Lescot, fils, substituted briefly
M. Bergin, aide archiviste-caissier (July 1880- ); salary 700 francs per annum.
M. Gesta, employé du bureau de la location and of Caisse de Prévoyance (d. 1907; see below)
Yvette Paviot, Mlle (12 February 1943-April 1961); other employees included:
Joséphine Cornou, née Maçon (1946-January 1956)
Alberte Bouet Fricot, Mme (February-March 1946)
Marguerite Lecarmure, Mlle (1947-48)
Sabine Galletaud, Mlle (1949-50)
Yvette Reznik (April 1961)
Elisabeth Louise Blanche Beurdouche, Mme (b. 19 March 1920, Lille 59) (January 1962-1967); continued with Orchestre de Paris (roster 9 March 1973). Other employees included:
Jocelyne Delgay (January 1966)
Jacqueline Berard (6 October 1966-1967)

Notaires of the Société des Concerts

Maître Florestan Charles Bonnaire     –     (1841-66)
Maître Planchart     –     (1866-  ...1872... )
Maître Cherami     –     (1885)
Maître Labat     –     (1903)
Maître Delafon     –     (to 1920)
Maître Chauveau     –     , succ. to Delafon (November 1920- ... 1928 ... )
Maître Roger Hauert     –     1930s-50s

Physicians to the Société des Concerts

Dr. Laroche     –      (4 February 1868-70; d. 1870)
Dr. Levrat     –     , med. of IXe arrondissement (1870-77; d. 1877)
Dr. Firmin     –     (12 February 1878-1893-94; d. 1893-94)
Dr. Coizeau     –     (1893-94 - )
Dr. Delmas     –     (d. 1904 or 1905)

Luthiers to the Société des Concerts:

M. Gand     –     (1828-?, 1874, .1877, ...)

Agents de change to the Société des Concerts:

M. Rolland Gosselin     –     (1873 and before, 1882, 1887, late 1920s....)

Financial consultants to the Caisse de Prévoyance:

M. Réaux     –     (fee: 300 fr.)
M. Gesta     –     (fee: 150 fr.; also employee of Bureau de Location, d. 1907 after a three-day case of flu)
M. Golaz     –      Banque Suisse et Française (fee: 600 fr. replaced 1908)
M. Herr     –     Crédit Foncier (1908- )

Sources: primarily payment and social security register, 1944-67: D 17352 (8); minutes of the committee, D 17345.