It  was  reorganized  in  1890  with  Albert  A.  Stanley,  of  Ann  Arbor,  as
director,  and  for  two  seasons  was  conducted  on  a  grander  scale  than
ever  before.  At  the  end  of  that  time,  however,  the  society  was  badly
in  debt,  and  it  was  disbanded.  Another  active  and  popular  society,
which  existed  from  1873  to  1880,  was  the  Orpheus,  a  male  chorus  of
twenty-four  voices.  It  was  devoted  to  the  performance  of  madrigals,
glees,  serenades,  etc.  After  six  years  of  successful  work  the  rules
were  revised  and  ladies  were  admitted,  and,  unpleasant  to  relate,  the
society  went  to  pieces  within  a  twelvemonth.
The  existing  choral  societies  in  Detroit  are  the  Harmonic,  Concordia,
Frohsinn,  Teutonia  and  Silver  Link,  all  German;  the  St.  Cecelia  Soci-
ety, a  mixed  chorus  of  about  seventy  voices,  under  the  direction  of  N.
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JOSEPH    H.  CLARK.
J.  Corey;  the  Madrigal  Club,  a  ladies'  chorus  of  sixteen  voices;  and
the  Apollo  Club,  a  male  chorus  of  forty  voices.  The  Boylston  Club
,was  founded  in  1879  by  several  ex-members  of  college  glee  clubs,  and
since  that  time  has  given  annual  invitation  concerts  to  its  friends.
The  three  last  named  societies  are  under  the  leadership  of  Charles  B.
Stevens.
