The Oratorio Society of Baltimore was founded by

Otto Sutro Otto Sutro (1833 – January 19, 1896) was a German-born American organist, conductor, minor composer, publisher and music store owner, and a leading figure in the musical life of Baltimore, Maryland. Biography Sutro was born to a Jewish family i ...

in 1882, with

Fritz Finke Fritz Finke was a choral conductor, composer and arranger in the United States and Germany. Along with fellow composers Joseph Pache, Asger Hamerik, Richard Burmeister and Otto Sutro, Finke was a leading figure in the musical culture of late-180 ...

as music director. Its first performance came in 1885. In 1892, Finke left the Oratorio Society to return to Germany. Mr. Sutro contacted

Joseph Pache Joseph Pache (1861–1926) was a composer, teacher, and director of the Baltimore Oratorio society from 1892 to 1924 when the society disbanded. Move to the United States and Professional Career Pache was a native of Germany and studied at the Mu ...

, a German conservatory professor in New York, to succeed Finke as general director. Pache directed the society through its disbandment in 1924.

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