The members of the
Committee were: Cesar Franck, Theodore Dubois, E. Guiraud, Fissot,
Bourgault-Ducoudray, Faure, and Lalo.
The first concert was given on 25 November, 1871, in the Salle Pleyel;
and it is worthy of note that the first work played was a trio of Cesar
Franck's. Since then the Society has given three hundred and fifty
performances of chamber-music or orchestral works. The best known French
composers and virtuosi have taken part as executants, among others:
Cesar Franck, Saint-Saens, Massenet, Bizet, Vincent d'Indy, Faure,
Chabrier, Guiraud, Debussy, Lekeu, Lamoureux, Chevillard, Taffanel,
Widor, Messager, Diemer, Sarasate, Risler, Cortot, Ysaye, etc. And among
the compositions that have been played for the first time it is enough
to mention the following:
Cesar Franck: Nearly the whole of his works, including his Sonata, Trio,
Quartette, Quintette, Symphonic Variations, Preludes and Fugues, Mass,
_Redemption_, _Psyche_, and a part of _Les Beatitudes_.
Saint-Saens: _Phaeton_, _Second Symphony_, Sonatas, Persian Melodies,
the _Rapsodie d'Auvergne_, and a quartette.
Vincent d'Indy: The trilogy of _Wallenstein_, the _Poeme des Montagues_,
the _Symphonie sur un theme montagnard_, and quartettes.
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