International Society for Cotemporary Music collection [ca. 1942-ongoing].

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International Society for Cotemporary Music collection [ca. 1942-ongoing].

Collection contains clipping and program files.

2 folder.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7499182

Museum of Performance & Design

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International Society for Contemporary Music.

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The League of Composers was co-founded in 1923 in New York by Claire Raphael Reis and several contemporary composers. Conceived as an alternative to the International Composers' Guild, the League's mission was to promote the composition and performance of contemporary music. By 1954, the League had commissioned 110 works by outstanding American and European composers (including Aaron Copland, Bela Bartók and Samuel Barber), sponsored American stage premières of Igor Stravinsky's The...