Oratorio Society of Baltimore explained

The Oratorio Society of Baltimore was founded by Otto Sutro in 1882, with Fritz Finke 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, a German conservatory professor in New York, to succeed Finke as general director. Pache directed the society through its disbandment in 1924.

References

• Book: Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians. George Grove. Waldo Selden Pratt . Charles Newell Boyd . 1920. T. Presser.
• Book: Galkin, Elliott W. . New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Volume 2: Aristoxenus to Bax. Baltimore. Elliott Galkin. N. Quist. 611–612. Stanley Sadie. Macmillan Publishers. 2001. 0333608003. New York.
• Book: Baltimore: Its History and Its People. Clayton Colman Hall. Lewis Historical Publishing Co.. 1912. 654. Baltimore: Its History and Its People..
• News: JOSEPH PACHE RITES ARE SET FOR FRIDAY. The Sun (1837-1985). Dec 8, 1926.