{"value"=>"<p>This series documents the League of Composer's merger with the U.S. section of the ISCM in 1954 and the combined organization's history up to 2009; the bulk of the records date from the mid-1960s to the 1990s. The records include correspondence, clippings, concert programs, grant applications and associated correspondence, publicity materials, meeting minutes, and issues of the organization's newsletter, the <span class=\"title\">ISCM Bulletin</span>.</p> <p>Among the ISCM activities documented by the collection are the production of the 1976 ISCM World Music Days Festival in Boston; the organization's New York concert series; the composer and piano competitions; the development program; and the general work promoting contemporary music and composers both in the United States and abroad.</p> <p>Concert production files include performer and venue contracts; publicity material such as press releases, flyers and subscription brochures; subscription lists and program copy. Development files contain grant applications and correspondence regarding the management and execution of awarded grants. Funding agencies include the New York State Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and private foundations. The World Music Days Festival files contain correspondence with venues, performers, sponsoring companies, and other national ISCM sections; contracts; publicity and press correspondence; and logistical information regarding equipment, transportation, hotel accommodations, catering and event management. Piano and composition competition files contain correspondence from contestants and lists of repertoire entered in the competitions.</p> <p>The World Music Festival file holds programs for German and Dutch festivals.</p> <p>The general files contain board meeting minutes and correspondence related to all other topics in the series. The 1954 file contains the by-laws of the League of Composers and papers outlining its merger with the U.S. section of the ISCM. Files from 1978-1979 contain histories of the combined organizations. Composers and other figures with correspondence in this series include Gunther Schuller, Roger Sessions, Henry Weinberg, Hugo Weisgall, George Perle, Hubert S. Howe, Jr., Paul Alan Levi, Louis S. Karchin and Geoffrey Kidde.</p>"}