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 Munich Conservatory and with Max Bruch in Breslau. When a sister conservatory was founded in New York, he decided to relocate and around 1890, he started work in New York.

In 1892, Pache was contacted by Otto Sutro, the founder of the Baltimore Oratorio Society. Sutro requested that Pache work as the director for the society. The previous director, Fritz Frinke, had returned to Germany. Pache agreed to move to Baltimore not out of his love for the position, but because he enjoyed the variety and quantity of food in Lexington Market.

Lawsuit of 1921 and Mr. Pache's estate In November 1921, Joseph Pache was the defendant in a filed lawsuit alongside his secretary, Ms. Bessie Darling. The plaintiff, Samuel K. Hornstein, requested $15,000 for loss and injury he experienced in August from the collapse of a bridge on Pache and Darling's property. Why Mr. Pache and Ms. Darling co-owned property is unknown. Post Pache's death, Ms. Darling was placed in charge of estate sales, despite the deceased still having living relatives (including a widow) in Germany.

Death Joseph Pache died of heart disease on December 7, 1926 in Maryland General Hospital.