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The Société nationale de musique was an organisation in late 19th and early 20th century Paris, promoting French music and allowing rising composers to present their works in public. It was founded in the aftermath of France's defeat in the Franco Prussian War of 1870–71 on a strong tide of nationalist feeling, and at first excluded all music by non French composers. In its first 30 years it gave the premieres of works by composers including Saint Saëns, Chabrier, Franck, Fauré, Dukas and Debussy. In the 1880s the original purely French nature of the society was abandoned, and foreign works and composers were accepted. Under the presidency of Vincent d'Indy the society became increasingly conservative, and a rival organisation, the Société musicale indépendante, was set up in 1910 by Maurice Ravel and others, briefly overshadowing the Société nationale. The rival closed down in 1935; the Société nationale continued until 1939 when it was wound up. Among the works written for or premiered by the society are Chabrier's Pièces pittoresques, Franck's Variations symphoniques, Fauré's First and Second Piano Quartets and the song cycle La Bonne chanson, Dukas's L'Apprenti sorcier, and Debussy's String Quartet and Prélude à l'après midi d'un faune.

The society was founded during the Franco Prussian War of 1870–71. In the brief lull between the ending of the siege of Paris and the rise and fall of the Paris Commune, a group of French musicians met on 25 February 1871 to agree how to promote French music. Before this, French concert halls were dominated by the German symphonic and chamber repertoire; for example, at the popular Pasdeloup concerts between 1861 and 1873, Berlioz and Gounod were programmed 31 times each, and Saint Saëns 12, compared to 43 performances of Wagner's music and 350 of Beethoven's. A wave of anti German and nationalist sentiments that arose in the wake of the French defeat made the dominance of German music intolerable to many. The moving forces behind the new society were Romain Bussine, professor of singing at the Paris Conservatoire and the composer Camille Saint Saëns. An executive committee was formed and had its first meeting on 17 March at Bussine's house in the rue Chabanais. Bussine was president, Ernest Reyer vice president (replaced by Saint Saëns shortly afterwards), Alexis de Castillon secretary and Jules Garcin assistant secretary.|
A biographer of Franck has written "They were determined to unite in their efforts to spread the gospel of French music and to make known the works of living French composers". Another clause in the constitution laid down, "No one can be part of the Society as an active member, unless he is French".|group=n The society adopted the Latin motto "Ars Gallica" – French Art.|group=n When peace was restored the society staged its first concert. It took place on 17 November 1871 at the Salle Pleyel in the rue de Richelieu, and featured the Trio in B major by Franck, two songs by Dubois, Five Pieces in Ancient Style by Castillon, a reduction of the Violin Concerto by Garcin, an Improvisation for tenor by Massenet, and the Caprice héroïque for two pianos by Saint Saëns, played by the composer and Fauré.