D. Kern Holoman is Barbara K. Jackson Professor in the Department of Music at the University of California, Davis, where he conducts the UCD Symphony Orchestra. He is the author of Berlioz (1989), Evenings with the Orchestra: A Norton Companion for Concertgoers (1992), and, most recently, of Masterworks: A Musical Discovery (third edition, 2003).

• List of Illustrations Acknowledgments On Documentation PART ONE: STRUCTURE OF THE SOCIETE DES CONCERTS 1. Beginnings (March 1828) 2. The Musicians 3. The Hall 4. The Concerts PART TWO: 1828--1872 5. Habeneck (1828--48) 6. Girard, Tilmant, and George-Hainl (1849--72) PART THREE: 1872--1919 7. Deldevez (1872--85) 8. Garcin, Taffanel, and Marty (1885--1908) 9. Messager (1908--19) PART FOUR: 1919--1967 10. Gaubert (1919--38) 11. Munch and Cluytens (1938--60) 12. Endings (1960--67) Afterword Appendix A: Governments of France Appendix B: Administration of the Societe des Concerts Appendix C: Seasons and Conductors, 1828--1967 Notes Select Bibliography Illustration Credits Index

D. Kern Holoman is Barbara K. Jackson Professor in the Department of Music at the University of California, Davis, where he conducts the UCD Symphony Orchestra. He is the author of Berlioz (1989), Evenings with the Orchestra: A Norton Companion for Concertgoers (1992), and, most recently, of Masterworks: A Musical Discovery (third edition, 2003).

• List of Illustrations Acknowledgments On Documentation PART ONE: STRUCTURE OF THE SOCIETE DES CONCERTS 1. Beginnings (March 1828) 2. The Musicians 3. The Hall 4. The Concerts PART TWO: 1828--1872 5. Habeneck (1828--48) 6. Girard, Tilmant, and George-Hainl (1849--72) PART THREE: 1872--1919 7. Deldevez (1872--85) 8. Garcin, Taffanel, and Marty (1885--1908) 9. Messager (1908--19) PART FOUR: 1919--1967 10. Gaubert (1919--38) 11. Munch and Cluytens (1938--60) 12. Endings (1960--67) Afterword Appendix A: Governments of France Appendix B: Administration of the Societe des Concerts Appendix C: Seasons and Conductors, 1828--1967 Notes Select Bibliography Illustration Credits Index

D. Kern Holoman is Barbara K. Jackson Professor in the Department of Music at the University of California, Davis, where he conducts the UCD Symphony Orchestra. He is the author of Berlioz (1989), Evenings with the Orchestra: A Norton Companion for Concertgoers (1992), and, most recently, of Masterworks: A Musical Discovery (third edition, 2003).

• List of Illustrations Acknowledgments On Documentation PART ONE: STRUCTURE OF THE SOCIETE DES CONCERTS 1. Beginnings (March 1828) 2. The Musicians 3. The Hall 4. The Concerts PART TWO: 1828--1872 5. Habeneck (1828--48) 6. Girard, Tilmant, and George-Hainl (1849--72) PART THREE: 1872--1919 7. Deldevez (1872--85) 8. Garcin, Taffanel, and Marty (1885--1908) 9. Messager (1908--19) PART FOUR: 1919--1967 10. Gaubert (1919--38) 11. Munch and Cluytens (1938--60) 12. Endings (1960--67) Afterword Appendix A: Governments of France Appendix B: Administration of the Societe des Concerts Appendix C: Seasons and Conductors, 1828--1967 Notes Select Bibliography Illustration Credits Index