ABSTRACT
The organizing committee met in the wake of critical acclaim to learn that a reasonable profit was expected, and the decision was immediately taken to form a permanent choir to be called the Bach Choir 'in commemoration of the first performance in England of Bach's Mass in B minor'. Otto Goldschmidt was appointed Musical Director at a salary of £150 per annum exclusive of fees for conducting concerts and the new organization started with funds of £53, the final profit on the first concerts. One of the main tasks of the committee early in 1879 was to produce the first permanent set of rules. The choir had included an excerpt in the programme on 26 April 1882, but the following year, with Max Bruch having secured the permanent appointment in Liverpool in 1880, the opportunity was taken to invite him to London to conduct the complete work at a concert on 8 March 1883.
