In fact, the music in Cracow, notwithstanding the many professional musicians and amateurs living there, was decidedly bad, and not comparable to the music in many a small German town.

In Warsaw, where the resources were more plentiful, the state of music was of course also more prosperous.

Still, as late as 1815 we meet with the complaint that what was chiefly aimed at in concerts was the display of virtuosity, and that grand, serious works were neglected, and complete symphonies rarely performed.

To remedy this evil, therefore, 150 amateurs combined and organised in 1818 a concert institution.

Their concerts took place once a week, and at every meeting a new and entire symphony, an overture, a concerto, an aria, and a finale, were performed.