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is a society whose stated mission is "to produce the highest quality performances of new music, to champion American composers in the United States and abroad, and to introduce American audiences to the best new music from around the world." It was founded in
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The League draws on a remarkably rich history, including such groundbreaking premieres as Schönberg's Die Glückliche Hand,
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During the League's early years, prominent composers such as Samuel Barber,
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Metzer, David (1997). "The League of Composers: The Initial Years".
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Music Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
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Sociedad de Autores y Compositores de México (SACM)
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International Society for Contemporary Music
New York City
Claire Reis
Louis Gruenberg
Alma Wertheim
Lazare Saminsky
Leo Ornstein
Emerson Whithorne
Frederick Jacobi
Minna Lederman
International Composers Guild
Béla Bartók
Samuel Barber
Anton Webern
Symphony
Igor Stravinsky
Aaron Copland
György Ligeti
Karlheinz Stockhausen
Elliott Carter
Milton Babbitt
Leonard Bernstein
Henry Cowell
Paul Hindemith
Serge Koussevitzky
Darius Milhaud
Roger Sessions
Friedrich Heinrich Kern
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10.2307/3052697

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