A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Société de Musique de Chambre

by George Grove

SOCIÉTÉ DE MUSIQUE DE CHAMBRE, pour instruments à vent. This is a society for the performance of chamber-music for wind instruments in Paris. It was founded by Mons. Paul Taffanel, a distinguished flute-player, and the first concert took place on Feb. 6, 1879. Six concerts are given in the February, March, and April of each year at 4 p.m. on alternate Thursdays, at the Salle Pleyel; subscription, 20 francs per season. The executants are all artists from the Conservatoire concerts, or those of Pasdeloup—such as flute, Taffanel; oboe, Gillet and Boullard; clarinet, Grisez and Turban; bassoon, Espaignet and Bourdeau; horn, Garigue and Brémond; piano, Louis Diémer. The works performed are classical, and include those of Bach, Handel, Beethoven, Mozart, Weber, Schubert (op. 160), Mendelssohn (op. 114), Schumann (ops. 73, 94, 132), Spohr, Onslow, Raff, Brahms (ops. 16, 40), Liszt, Rubinstein, Saint Saens, Dvorak (op. 44), Gouvy, etc. etc.

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