Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
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The Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire was a symphony orchestra established in Paris in 1828. Administered by the philharmonic association of the Paris Conservatoire, the orchestra occupied the center-stage of French musical life throughout the 19th and most of the 20th centuries. In 1967, the orchestra was dissolved and recreated in its present guise as the Orchestre de Paris.
The chief conductors of the orchestra were:
- François-Antoine Habeneck 1828-1848
- Narcisse Girard 1849-1859
- Théophile Tilmant 1860-1863
- François George-Hainl 1863-1872
- Edouard Deldevez 1872-1885
- Jules Garcin 1885-1892
- Paul Taffanel 1892-1901
- Georges Marty 1901-1908
- André Messager 1908-1919
- Philippe Gaubert 1919-1938
- Charles Münch 1938-1946
- André Cluytens 1946-1960
- Jean Martinon 1946-?
No Principal Conductor was appointed during the orchestra's final years 1960-1967.
[edit] External links
- Online archive of primary sources on the orchestra's history referenced in D. Kern Holman's definitive study The Société des Concerts du Conservatoire 1828-1967 (University of California Press, 2004). Visitors may consult the orchestra's complete discography and program details for all season concerts, as well as excerpts from the book.