Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Agency Sketch
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1923 | League of Composers founded in New York League of Composers seceded from Edgard Varèse's International Composers' Guild |
| 1923 Fall | Idea for League of Composers journal was conceived |
| 1924 Feb. | First issue of League of Composers' Review published with "intent to rouse the public out of a somnolent tolerance to a live appreciation of the new in music" |
| 1925 Nov. | Title changed to Modern Music |
| 1931 Nov. | Modern Music published A Guide to Wozzeck by Willi Reich |
| 1944 July | Modern Music and League of Composers moved into New York City Center offices Magazine staff comprised of: Minna Lederman, editor; Frani Muser, managing editor; Joel Lifflander, technical director; Donald Fuller, joined later as assistant editor |
| 1944 Sept. | Claire Reis withdrew as fundraising chairperson for Modern Music |
| 1945 | Modern Music received grants for 1946 operation costs from Ditson Fund, Wyman Fund, Guggenheim Foundation and Rockefeller Foundation |
| 1946 | Magazine board formed (independent of League of Composers) Circulation passed 3000 mark |
| 1947, Jan. 11-13 | Modern Music ceased publication G. Schirmer offered to take over publication of Modern Music Schirmer agreed to finance publication of index to Modern Music's twenty-three volumes (never completed) |
| 1952 | Willi Reich's A Guide to Wozzeck reprinted |
| circa 1953-1954 | League of Composers merged with International Society for Contemporary Music |
| 1965 | Complete set of Modern Music reprinted by AMS Press |
| 1975 | Modern Music Archives deposited at Library of Congress |
| 1976 | Modern Music, Published by the League of Composers, 1924-1946 : An Analytic Index, published by AMS Press; compiled by Wayne D. Shirley of the Library of Congress; edited by William and Carolyn Lichtenwanger |
| 1984 | The Life and Death of a Small Magazine (Modern Music, 1924-1946) written by Minna Lederman; published by Institute for Studies in American Music |